Stephen Crane
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 Stephen Crane facts

• Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism
• He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation
• The ninth surviving child of Protestant Methodist parents, Crane began writing at the age of four and had published several articles by the age of 16
• Having little interest in university studies, he left college in 1891 to work as a reporter and writer
• Crane's first novel was the 1893 Bowery tale Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, generally considered by critics to be the first work of American literary Naturalism
• He won international acclaim in 1895 for his Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage, which he wrote without having any battle experience
• In 1896, Crane endured a highly publicized scandal after appearing as a witness in the trial of a suspected prostitute, an acquaintance named Dora Clark
• Late that year he accepted an offer to travel to Cuba as a war correspondent
• As he waited in Jacksonville, Florida, for passage, he met Cora Taylor, with whom he began a lasting relationship
• En route to Cuba, Crane's vessel the SS Commodore, sank off the coast of Florida, leaving him and others adrift for 30 hours in a dinghy