Question: Who's best known work include "Typee", a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel "Moby-Dick" that was interpreted as a 2004 French short film directed by Philippe Ramos?
Sentence (from "Herman Melville"): Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
Relevant evidence: Yes