O Henry's Life

Facts About his Life

• O Henry was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862.
• William Sydney Porter is his real name. O Henry is his pen name.
• O Henry's mother died when he was three, so he was raised by one of his grandmothers and an aunt.
• O Henry loved to read in his free time.
• O Henry worked for the Houston Post starting in 1884 but in 1897, he was convicted of embezzling money, so he was sentenced to prison for five years.
• O Henry made a huge comeback after he was released from prison, writing over 300 short stories while becoming world renown
• O Henry wrote his stories with a lot of detail and realistically while still being creative based on his first hand experiences in New York City
• O Henry used a pen name to make sure his readers didn't know he was in jail
• O Henry died on June 5, 1910 in New York City
• O Henry was also an alcoholic where he died wihtout knowing it

Sources for Information- http://www.lsjunction.com/people/porter.htm and http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/

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