Henry Miller

Henry Miller (1891–1980) was born in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan and grew up in Brooklyn, the son of German-American parents. After a series of dead-end jobs—including a stint as employment manager for Western Union—he abandoned his second wife, June, and sailed for Paris in 1930, determined to become a writer at any cost. He lived in near-destitution for several years, supported by friends like Anaïs Nin, until the publication of Tropic of Cancer in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Tropic of Cancer.