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(1880-1956) Writer. “Mencken Chrestomathy.” H. L. Mencken frequented the Algonquin Hotel.

Full Name

H L Mencken

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

H. L. Mencken frequented the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York.

1880

BIRTH

Henry Louis Mencken was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1880.

1903

LITWORK

Ventures into Verse


Collection of poetry.

1905

LITWORK

George Bernard Shaw: His Plays


Nonfiction.

1908

LITWORK

The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche


Nonfiction.

1918

LITWORK

In Defense of Women


Nonfiction.

1919

LITWORK

The American Language


Nonfiction.

1926

LITWORK

Notes on Democracy


Nonfiction.

1927

LITWORK

Prejudices


Collection of essays; 6 volumes published from 1919 - 1927.

1930

LITWORK

A Treatise on the Gods


Nonfiction.

1934

LITWORK

A Treatise on Right and Wrong


Nonfiction.

1948

LITWORK

A Mencken Chrestomathy

1956

DEATH

H. L. Mencken died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1956.

1956

INTERMENT

H. L. Mencken was interred in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

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