歐亨利的英文簡介

歐亨利的英文生平簡介： O.HenrywasthepennameofAmericanwriterWilliamSydneyPorter(September11,1862–June5,1910),whosecleveruseoftwistendingsinhisstoriespopularizedtheterm"O.HenryEnding".HismiddlenameatbirthwasSidney,notSydneyhelaterchangedthespellingofhismiddlenamewhenhefirstbeganwritingasajournalistinthe1880s. Earlylife WilliamSidneyPorterwasbornin1862onaplantation"WorthPlace"inGreensboro,NorthCarolina.WhenWilliamwasthree,hismotherdiedfromtuberculosis,andheandhisfathermovedtothehomeofhispaternalgrandmother. Williamwasanavidreader,andgraduatedfromhisaunt'selementaryschoolin1876,thenenrolledattheLinseyStreetHighSchool.In1879hestartedworkingasabookkeeperinhisuncle'sdrugstoreandin1881–attheageofnineteen–hewaslicensedasapharmacist. TheMovetoTexas HerelocatedtoTexasin1882,initiallyworkingonaranchinLaSalleCountyasasheepherderandranchhand,thenAustinwherehetookanumberofdifferentjobsoverthenextseveralyears,includingpharmacist,draftsman,journalist,andclerk.WhileinTexashealsolearnedSpanish. In1887heelopedwithAtholEstes,theneighteenyearsoldandfromawealthyfamily.HerfamilyobjectedtothematchbecausebothsheandPortersufferedfromtuberculosis.Atholgavebirthtoasonin1888,whodiedshortlyafterbirth,andthenadaughter,Margaret,in1889. In1894PorterstartedahumorousweeklycalledTheRollingStone.Alsoin1894,PorterresignedfromtheFirstNationalBankofAustinwherehehadworkedasateller,afterhewasaccusedofembezzlingfunds.In1895,afterTheRollingStoneceasedpublication,hemovedtoHouston,wherehestartedwritingfortheHoustonPost.Shortlythereafter,hewasarrestedforembezzlementinconnectionwithhispreviousemploymentinAustin. FlightandReturn Porterwasgrantedbond,butthedaybeforehewasduetostandtrialonJuly7,1896,heabscondedtoNewOrleansandlater