Owen Wister

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Owen Wister was an American writer best known for pioneering the Western genre in literature, particularly through his influential novel "The Virginian."

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instanceOf Western fiction writer
essayist
human
novel
novelist
short story writer
almaMater Harvard University NERFINISHED
author Owen Wister NERFINISHED
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1860-07-14
dateOfDeath 1938-07-21
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
familyName Wister NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork American literature
Western literature
genre Western fiction
Western fiction
frontier fiction
givenName Owen NERFINISHED
hasSignature signature of Owen Wister
influenced Louis L'Amour NERFINISHED
Western genre in American literature
Zane Grey NERFINISHED
influencedBy Frederic Remington NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Harvard Club of New York NERFINISHED
movement American realism NERFINISHED
name Owen Wister NERFINISHED
notableFor pioneering the Western genre in literature
notableWork Lady Baltimore NERFINISHED
Lin McLean NERFINISHED
Red Men and White NERFINISHED
The Dragon of Wantley NERFINISHED
The Virginian NERFINISHED
occupation lawyer
novelist
writer
placeOfBirth Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED
religion Episcopalianism
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
Wyoming, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Channing Wister NERFINISHED

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The Virginian (television series) authorOfSourceWork Owen Wister
subject surface form: The Virginian