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Jack London

Also known as John Griffith Chaney, John Griffith "Jack" London, John Griffith Chaney London, John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

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Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco in 1876, was an American writer, journalist, novelist, and war correspondent. He wrote in English and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley. His literary output included works in the genres of naturalism and adventure fiction. Notable titles include The Call of the Wild, The People of the Abyss, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang.

London died in Glen Ellen in 1916. The causes of death are listed as uremia, drug overdose, suicide, and homicide. He is buried at Jack London State Historic Park. He was married to Charmian London and worked in Sonoma. He was a member of the Parti de gauche. His works were subject to Nazi book burnings.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 12 January 1876
Died: 22 November 1916
Works: 9358

Top works

Guía literaria de Londres
The house of pride and other tales of Hawaii
The game
Le renégat
The star rover

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

San Francisco - California - USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney,January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916)was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Some of his most…

Known for

The Sea Wolf — Sailor1913

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: San Francisco
Place of death: Glen Ellen
Spouse: Charmian London
Occupation: traveler
Political party: Parti de gauche
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: atheism
Field of work: travel
Genre: adventure fiction
Image: Jack London young.jpg
Work location: Sonoma
Significant event: Nazi book burnings

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topic's main category: Category:Jack London
Commons category: Jack London
date of birth: 1876-01-12
date of death: 1916-11-22
Commons gallery: Jack London
Commons Creator page: Jack London
birth name: John Griffith Chaney
manner of death: Suicide
name in native language: Jack London
cause of death: drug overdose
place of burial: Jack London State Historic Park
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1895-00-00
archives at: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
different from: Jack London
end of work period: 1916-00-00
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
social media followers: 613584
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has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena

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Works in European collections

19 objects attributed to Jack London, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Az éneklő kutya

A beszélő kutya

A vadon szava

Smoke Bellew

Ádám előtt

A maják kincse

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Encyclopedic overview

John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

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