Answer the following question: Owen Chase (October 7 1797 March 7 1869) was First Mate of the whale ship Essex that was struck and sunk by a sperm whale on November 20 1820. Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex. This book published in 1821 would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist