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Washington Irving
Washinton Irvin (New York, 1783 - Sunnyside, 1859). One of the first prose writers of North American letters. He owes his fame to the character of his work more than its quality, a fame he earned not so much for what he did, but for being the first to do it. He wrote the first short stories, such a characteristic of North American literature. He was also the first to make a literary weapon of humour and satire, creating the colloquial American style that would later be employed by Twain and Hemingway.