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Who is Washinghton Irving?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Washington Irving is an American writer of mostly novels and short stories. He is best placed in the Romantic period of American literature. His most popular works include "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". He was one of the first writers from America to become widely popular, even gaining popularity in Europe.

He was from New York, growing up around various parts of the Hudson Valley (notably Tarrytown, NY where he became gained knowledge of the small dutch settlement in Sleepy Hollow). He was born in 1783 and died in 1859, a time when this area was not nearly as urbanized as it is now. His literature is a view into the Hudson Valley of a different era.

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