was a poet, essayist, journalist and humanist U.S.. His work is part of the transition between Transcendentalism and Realism, incorporating both movements to his work. Whitman is among the most influential American writers of the canon (which has been considered the center) and has been called the father of free verse.
His work was controversial in its time, particularly for his boock “leaves of grass”, described as obscene for its overt sexuality. His influence has been extensive, beingregarded as the father of modern American poetry.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pseudonym Mark Twain was a popular American writer and humorist.in Colombia we know for his work The adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), novelization of some characters in the author's childhood in Hannibal.
Henry James
Was an American writer and literary critic (though he spent much time in Europe and became a naturalized British near the end of his life) from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, known for his novels and stories based on conscience. He was the son of Henry James Sr. and brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James. his masterpiece is "daisy miller".
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was a writer and journalist, and one of the leading novelist sand short story writers of the twentieth century. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for “The Old man and the sea” and the following year the Nobel Prize for Literature for his life work.
