- Bierce
- biographical name Ambrose Gwinnett 1842-?1914 American author
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BIERCE (A.) — BIERCE AMBROSE (1842 ? 1914) Sa vie, et plus encore sa mort, ont longtemps conféré à Ambrose Bierce plus de célébrité que ses œuvres. Engagé dans le 9e régiment des volontaires d’Indiana, Bierce combat du côté sudiste pendant la guerre de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bierce — [bɪəs], Ambrose Gwinett, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * Meigs County (Ohio) 24. 6. 1842, ✝ (verschollen) in Mexiko 1914; als »bitter Bierce« für seine zynisch witzigen Satiren bekannter und einflussreicher Journalist in San Francisco, London… … Universal-Lexikon
Bierce — Bierce, Am|brose (1842 ?1914) a US writer famous for his short stories, who disappeared in Mexico and was never found … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bierce — [birs] Ambrose (Gwinett) 1842 1914?; U.S. satirical writer … English World dictionary
Bierce — Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (* 24. Juni 1842 im ländlichen Ohio; † 1914) war ein US amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Journalist und Lebenskünstler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Einordnung 2.1 Er über sein eigenes Leben … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bierce — noun United States writer of caustic wit (1842 1914) • Syn: ↑Ambrose Bierce, ↑Ambrose Gwinett Bierce • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author * * * /bears/, n. Ambrose (Gwinnett) /gwi net /, 1842 1914?, U.S. j … Useful english dictionary
Bierce,Ambrose Gwinett — Bierce (bîrs), Ambrose Gwinett. 1842 1914?. American writer whose works, including In the Midst of Life (1891 1892) and The Devil s Dictionary (1906), are marked by caustic wit and a strong sense of horror. * * * … Universalium
Bierce, Ambrose — ▪ American author in full Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S. died 1914, Mexico? American newspaperman, wit, satirist, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror. His life ended in … Universalium
Bierce, Ambrose [Gwinnett] — (1842–c. 1914). American short story writer and journalist. His best tales are collected in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians [In the Midst of Life](1891) and Can Such Things Be?(1893), the former containing his Civil War tales (many filled… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) — born June 24, 1842, Meigs county, Ohio, U.S. died 1914, Mexico? U.S. newspaperman, satirist, and short story writer. Not long after serving in the Civil War, he became a newspaper columnist and editor in San Francisco, specializing in attacks on… … Universalium
