- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHenry Valentine Miller
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Henry Miller was born on December 26, 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Reds (1981), Quiet Days in Clichy (1970) and Quiet Days in Clichy (1990). He was married to Hoki Tokuda, Evelyn Byrd (Keven) McClure, Janina Martha Lepska, June Edith Smith and Beatrice Sylvas Wickens. He died on June 7, 1980 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
- SpousesHoki Tokuda(September 10, 1967 - August 18, 1977) (divorced)Evelyn Byrd (Keven) McClure(December 29, 1953 - June 1962) (divorced)Janina Martha Lepska(December 18, 1944 - December 21, 1953) (divorced, 2 children)June Edith Smith(June 1, 1924 - 1934) (divorced)Beatrice Sylvas Wickens(June 15, 1917 - 1923) (divorced, 1 child)
- Once estimated he had read over 9000 books, of which only 50 had given him something he thought was irreplaceable.
- Children with Lepska, Anthony and Valentine.
- Dropped out of City College of New York and became a personnel manager in the messenger department of Western Union.
- His book 'Tropic of Cancer' was published in the US 30 years after it was published in France.
- Was cremated; his ashes were scattered off Big Sur, California.
- Don't look for miracles. YOU are the miracle.
- I've known it all. Every humiliation, degradation, poverty, starvation
- Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
- We [Americans] take to dope, the dope which is worse by far than opium or hashish--I mean the newspapers, the radio, the movies. Real dope gives you the freedom to dream your own dreams; the American kind forces you to swallow the perverted dreams of men whose only ambition is to hold their job regardless of what they are bidden to do.
- Meaningful acts require no stir. When things are going to rack and ruin the most purposeful act may be to sit still.
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