Henry Van Dyke Sözleri ve Hayatı

Henry Jackson van Dyke (10 Kasım 1852 - 10 Nisan 1933) Amerikalı yazar, eğitimci ve din adamı.

Henry van Dyke, Pennsylvania, Germantown'da 10 Kasım 1852'de doğdu. 1869'da Poly Prep Country okulundan, 1873'te Princeton Üniversitesi'nden ve 1877'de Princeton İlahiyat Fakültesi'nden mezun oldu.

1899-1923 yılları arasında Princeton'da İngiliz edebiyat profesörü olarak görev yapmıştır.

Etkilediği pek çok öğrenci arasında özellikle ünlü seyahat yazarı Richard Halliburton vardır.

1908-09 arasında Dr. van Dyke Paris Üniversitesi'nde öğretim görevlisi olarak çalıştı.

Ayrıca Van Dyke, Helen Keller'in arkadaşıdır.

10 Nisan 1933'te öldü ve Princeton Mezarlığı'na gömüldü.

Henry Van Dyke başlıklı bir biyografi, oğlu Tertius van Dyke tarafından yazılmış ve 1935'de yayınlanmıştır.


Eserleri

Kısa hikayeler:
Among The Quantock Hills, from Days Off and Other Digressions
Antwerp Road
The Art of Leaving Off, from Days Off and Other Digressions
Ashes of Vengeance (a half-told tale)
Beggars Under the Bush
Between The Lupin and The Laurel, from Days Off and Other Digressions
The Blue Flower
Books That I Loved as a Boy, from Days Off and Other Digressions
The Boy of Nazareth Dreams
A Brave Heart, from The Ruling Passion collection
The Broken Soldier and the Maid of France
A Change of Air
A City of Refuge
A Classic Instance
The Countersign of The Cradle
Days Off, from Days Off and Other Digressions
Diana and the Lions (a half-told tale)
A Dream-story: The Christmas Angel
The Effectual Fervent Prayer

The First Black Christmas
The First Christmas-Tree
A Friend of Justice, from The Ruling Passion collection
The Gentle Life, from The Ruling Passion collection
A Handful Of Clay
The Hearing Ear
The Hero and Tin Soldiers
His Other Engagement, from Days Off and Other Digressions
A Holiday in a Vacation, from Days Off and Other Digressions
Humoreske
In the Odour of Sanctity
Justice of the Elements (a half-told tale)
The Keeper of the Light, from The Ruling Passion collection
The Key of the Tower
The King's High Way
The King's Jewel
Leviathan, from Days Off and Other Digressions
Little Red Tom, from Days Off and Other Digressions
The Lost Boy[10]
The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
A Lover of Music, from The Ruling Passion collection
Lucifer's Virgin Body
The Mansion, Christmas story
Messengers at the Window
The Mill
The Music-Lover
The New Era and Carry On (a half-told tale)
The Night Call
Notions About Novels, from Days Off and Other Digressions
An Old Game
The Other Wise Man
Out-Of-Doors in the Holy Land
The Primitive and His Sandals (a half-told tale)
A Remembered Dream
The Return of the Charm
The Reward of Virtue, from The Ruling Passion collection
The Ripening of the Fruit
The Sad Shepherd, Christmas story
Salvage Point
A Sanctuary of Trees
Silverhorns, from Boy Scouts' Book of Campfire Stories
Sketches of Quebec
Some Remarks On Gulls, from Days Off and Other Digressions
The Source
Spy Rock
Stronghold
The Traitor in the House (a half-told tale)
The Unruly Sprite, a Partial Fairy Tale
The Wedding-Ring
What Peace Means
The White Blot, from The Ruling Passion collection
Wood-Magic
A Year of Nobility, from The Ruling Passion collection
Charles Scribner's Sons published The Works of Henry Van Dyke, 16 volumes, in 1920; it is known as the Avalon Edition.

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