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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783, New York – November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York) is an outstanding American romantic writer.
For some time he was preparing for the practice of lawyers. During the war with England, in 1812, was adjutant under General Tompkins, then he took part in one trade enterprise, but so unsuccessfully that he lost all his fortune. The beginning of literary activity Irving was served by his humorous essays under the name “Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle”. Having abandoned trading business, Irving engaged in the processing of travel notes made during his trip to England in 1815; he published a collection of essays and short stories under the title “Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon” drew general attention. The best works of Irving can be considered “History of New York, told by Diedrich Knickerbocker” (“Humorous history of New York, by Dietrich Knickerbocker”) and “Rip Van Winkle” (“
In Spain, he devoted four years to the study of manuscripts and books dating back to the era of the discovery of America. The fruits of these studies are the three-volume biography of Christopher Columbus (“The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus”, London, 1828-1830; Russian translation of St. Petersburg, 1837), “Voyages and discoveries of the companions of Columbus” (ibid., 1831; ), “Chronicle of the conquest of Granada” (1829) and a collection of romantic stories “Alhambra” (“Alhambra”, 1832, Russian translation, 1979).
At one time Irving was then an American ambassador at the Spanish court.
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