Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
1842 - 1914
General Information
Bio
(1842-1914) Ambrose Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio. He wrote many collections of poetry, short stories, and essays.
Full Name
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
Locations
Suffolk
Author's Timeline
1842
BIRTH
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, in 1842.
1872
LITWORK
The Fiend's Delight
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
1872
LITWORK
Nuggets And Dust Panned Out In California
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
1874
LITWORK
Cobwebs From An Empty Skull
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
Collection of sketches and epigrams.
1891
LITWORK
Tales Of Soldiers And Civilians
Short story collection.
Short story collection.
1891
LITWORK
In the Midst of Life
Collection of stories.
Collection of stories.
1892
LITWORK
Beetles in Amber
Collection of verse.
Collection of verse.
1893
LITWORK
Can Such Things Be?
Collection of stories.
Collection of stories.
1903
LITWORK
Shapes of Clay
Collection of verse.
Collection of verse.
1909
LITWORK
The Shadow on the Dial
Collection of essays.
Collection of essays.
1911
OTHER
Bierce vacationed in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York during the summer of 1911.
1911
LITWORK
The Devil's Dictionary
The Cynic's Word Book (1906), retitled The Devil's Dictionary when it was reissued in 1911.
The Cynic's Word Book (1906), retitled The Devil's Dictionary when it was reissued in 1911.
1914
DEATH
Date of death is not known. Bierce disappeared while in Mexico in 1913.
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