E. American writers of the past.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels «Adventures of Huckleberry Finn» (1884), which has been called "the Great American Novel", and «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» (1876). Twain was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Upon his death he was considered the "greatest American humorist of his age".

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: «This Side of Paradise», «The Beautiful and Damned», «Tender Is the Night» and his most famous, the celebrated classic, «The Great Gatsby». A fifth, unfinished novel, «The Love of the Last Tycoon» was published posthumously.

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. His distinctive writing style influenced 20th-century fiction. His career peaked in 1954 when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many of his works are classics of American literature. Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois. After leaving high school he worked for a few months as a reporter, before leaving for the Italian front to become an ambulance driver during World War I, which became the basis for his novel «A Farewell to Arms». His first novel «The Sun Also Rises», was written in 1924.

Shortly after the publication of The Old Man and the Sea in 1952 Hemingway went on safari to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959 he moved from Cuba to Idaho, where he committed suicide in the summer of 1961.

Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel «Gone with the Wind» (1936), which is about the Civil war. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies. An American film adaptation, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and received a record-breaking ten Academy Awards.

Ex. 1. Make report on your favorite American writer and his/her book.

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