![]() ![]() In 1856 Howells was elected as a Clerk in the State House of Representatives. In 1852 his father arranged to have one of Howells' poems published in the Ohio State Journal without telling him. Howells began to help his father with typesetting and printing work at an early age. His father was a newspaper editor and printer, and moved frequently around Ohio. He was known for the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham.īorn in Martins Ferry, Ohio, originally Martinsville, to William Cooper and Mary Dean Howells, Howells was the second of eight children. ![]() William Dean Howells (Ma– May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Story has it that he helped Mark Twain get started. He wrote 35 novels, 35 plays, 4 books of poetry, 6 books of criticism, and 34 miscellaneous volumns. He was a novelist, poet editor and critic. He was known for the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham". ![]() William Dean Howells (MaMay 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. ![]()
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