caption death_date death_place children birth_place nationality notableworks article_title birth_date period spouse genre image signature birth_name occupation
miller in 1940 7 june 1980 pacific palisades , los angeles 3 yorkville , manhattan american '' '' tropic of capricorn '' '' the colossus of maroussi tropic '' '' the rosy crucifixion '' of cancer '' '' black spring '' henry miller
 26 december 1891 1934 -- 80 beatrice miller -lrb- 1924 -- 34 -rrb- janina martha lepska -lrb- sylvas 1944 -- 52 -rrb- eve mcclure -lrb- 1953 -- 60 wickens -rrb- hiroko tokuda -lrb- 1967 -- 77 -rrb- -lrb- 1917 -- 24 -rrb- june surrealism , novel 250px henry miller signature.svg henry valentine miller writer
henry miller

henry valentine miller -lrb- december 26 , 1891 -- june 7 , 1980 -rrb- was an american writer .
he was known for breaking with existing literary forms , developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study , social criticism , philosophical reflection , explicit language , sex , surrealist free association and mysticism .
his most characteristic works of this kind are `` tropic of cancer '' -lrb- 1934 -rrb- , `` black spring '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- , `` tropic of capricorn '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- and `` the rosy crucifixion '' trilogy -lrb- 1949 -- 59 -rrb- , all of which are based on his experiences in new york and paris , and all of which were banned in the united states until 1961 .
he also wrote travel memoirs and literary criticism , and painted watercolors .
