H.L. Mencken

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gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_Special_Citation_(1949)
gptkbp:birthDate 1880-09-12
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1956-01-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Baltimore,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Smart_Set
gptkb:The_American_Mercury
gptkbp:employer gptkb:The_Baltimore_Sun
gptkb:The_Smart_Set
gptkb:The_American_Mercury
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Henry_Louis_Mencken
gptkbp:genre journalism
non-fiction
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label H.L. Mencken
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gore_Vidal
gptkb:Hunter_S._Thompson
gptkb:Tom_Wolfe
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ambrose_Bierce
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkbp:knownFor coverage of the Scopes Trial
critique of American life and culture
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:marriageDate 1930
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Happy_Days
gptkb:A_Mencken_Chrestomathy
gptkb:Notes_on_Democracy
gptkb:The_American_Language
gptkb:Treatise_on_the_Gods
gptkb:Heathen_Days
gptkb:Newspaper_Days
Prejudices
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:editor
essayist
journalist
literary criticism
satire
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Loudon_Park_Cemetery,_Baltimore
gptkbp:signature H._L._Mencken_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sara_Haardt
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Mencken_Room_at_Enoch_Pratt_Free_Library
biographies by Terry Teachout, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, and others
Mencken Day (annual event in Baltimore)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Richard_Wright_(author)
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