英语翻译原名威廉•西德尼•波特（William Sydney Porter）,是美国最著名的短篇

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原名威廉•西德尼•波特（William Sydney Porter）,是美国最著名的短篇小说家之一,曾被评论界誉 为曼哈顿桂冠散文作家和美国现代短篇小说之父.他出身于美国北卡罗来纳州格林斯波罗镇一个医师家庭.他的一生富于传奇性,当过药房学徒、牧牛人、会计员、土地局办事员、新闻记者、银行出纳员.当银行出 纳员时,因银行短缺了一笔现金,为避免审讯,离家流亡中美的洪都拉斯.后因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入 狱,并在监狱医务室任药剂师.他在银行工作时,曾有过写作的经历,担任监狱医务室的药剂师后开始认真 写作.1901年提前获释后,迁居纽约,专门从事写作.欧•亨利善于描写美国社会尤其是纽约百姓的生活.他的作品构思新颖,语言诙谐,结局常常出人意 外；又因描写了众多的人物,富于生活情趣,被誉为“美国生活的幽默百科全书”.代表作有小说集《白菜 与国王》、《四百万》、《命运之路》等.其中一些名篇如《爱的牺牲》、《警察与赞美诗》、《带家具出 租的房间》、《麦琪的礼物》、《最后一片藤叶》等使他获得了世界声誉.
欧•亨利晚年开始酗酒,身体情况恶化.1907年他再次结婚,但和妻子不和,一年后即离婚.他的经济情况也不好,为了缓解生活压力,他不得不以很快速度创作小说来换取稿费,这也导致了他的作品的质量参差不齐.1910年欧•亨利因肝硬化去世.

The original William Sydney baud (William Sydney Porter),is one ofAmerican most famous short article writers of fiction,once bycommentary reputation for Manhattan laurel crown prose writer andfather of the American modern short story.His family background toAmerican North Carolina state Doctor Grimm Si a wave Luozhen family.His life is rich in the legend,has worked as the pharmacy apprentice,the herding cattle person,accountant,the land bureau office worker,newsman,the bank cashier.When bank cashier,because a bank shortcash,was avoids interrogating,leaves home to go into exile China andAmerica's Honduras.Latter because goes home the visiting criticallyill wife to be arrested is put in prison,and is appointed thepharmacist in the jail medical office.He when bank work,once has hadthe writing experience,after held the post of the jail medical officethe pharmacist starts earnestly to write.After in 1901 was releasedahead of time,moved New York,specially was engaged in writing.O.Henry is good at describing the American society in particular NewYork common people's life.His work idea novel,language humorous,theresult frequently is beyond expectation; And further because describedthe multitudinous character,is rich in the life appeal,by thereputation is "the humorous encyclopedia which US lives".Therepresentative works have the novel collection "Cabbage And King","4million","Road of the Destiny" and so on.Some masterpieces like"Love Sacrifice","Police And Hymn","Belt Furniture Hires Room","MaiQi's Gift","Last Piece of Cane Leaf" and so on caused him to obtainthe world prestige.
The O.Henry old age starts excessive drinking,the bodily situationworsening.In 1907 he married once more,but disagreed with the wife,after a year namely divorced.His economical situation is not good,inorder to alleviate the life pressure,he can not but receive inexchange for the payment for published piece by the very quick speedcreation novel,this also caused his work quality to be irregular.In1910 O.Henry because the liver cirrhosis died.