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HL Mencken

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Profession
Novelist
Died
Jan 29, 1956
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Baltimore MD
About
American author who wrote The American Language, a study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. As a journalist, he worked for The Baltimore Sun, The American Mercury, The Smart Set, and other prominent publications.
Family
He detailed his childhood as the son of Baltimore cigar factory owner, August Mencken, Sr., in his memoir, Happy Days. He married Sara Haardt in 1930.

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