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Jan 6, 2024 · New Update: Proposal Deadline Extended to August 31 for the 2023 Jack London Society 16th Biennial Symposium: October 5-8, 2023, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Hi Everyone, The 2023 Jack London Society Symposium (Oct. 5–8) at the Huntington Library, Museum, and Gardens in the beautiful Haaga Hall is finding its stride!
Jack London (tegelikult John Griffith Chaney; 12. jaanuar 1876 – 22. november 1916) oli ameerika kirjanik ja ajakirjanik, kelle tuntuimad teosed on "Ürgne kutse" ja "Valgekihv". Poliitilistelt vaadetelt oli London sotsialist , ehkki mitte teoreetik. 1901. ja 1905. aastal kandideeris ta suurema eduta San Francisco linnapeaks.
Feb 1, 2022 · Published February 1, 2022. Updated June 25, 2024. From adventurer to author to activist, John Griffith London led a dramatic life in keeping with his celebrated novels like "White Fang" and "The Call of the Wild." Jack London was the kind of man who fully embodied the spirit of the time in which he lived — for better and for worse.
John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
About the Author. Jack London —his real name was John Griffith London—had a wild and colorful youth on the waterfront of Oakland, his native city. Born in 1876, he left school at the age of fourteen and worked in a cannery. By the time he was sixteen he had been both an oyster pirate and a member of the Fish Patrol in San Francisco Bay.
Jack London. angl. Jack London. 1876 m. sausio 12 d. amerikiečių rašytojas, parašęs per penkiasdešimt knygų. Jack London ( Džekas Londonas, tikrasis vardas John Griffith Chaney [1], 1876 m. sausio 12 d. San Franciske, Kalifornijoje – 1916 m. lapkričio 22 d.
A Brief Biography. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876. By age 30 London was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904) and other literary and journalistic accomplishments. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity ...
