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Bejamin Franklin Norris, (1870-1902), is recognized as one of the tree major [[naturalist]]s in American literature. Born in an upper-class family in Chicago, Norris was sent to Paris to study [[art]] at the age of seventeen. His father called him home when he heard that his son was writing stories instead of studing art. Norris published his first book at his mother's expense, ''Yvernelle: A Legend of Feudal France'', a long narrative [[poem]], in 1892. He was influenced by Emile Zola very mcuh in his early years. He died after an operation for appendicitis at the age of 32.

'''Benjamin Franklin Norris''', (1870-1902), is recognized as one of the major naturalist writers in American literature. Born in an upper-class family in Chicago, in 1887, at the age of seventeen, Norris was sent to the ''Atelier Julien Art School'' in [[Paris]]  to study [[art]]. In 1890, he returned to the [[United States]] and enrolled at the [[University of California]], where he remained for four years. In 1894 he continued his education at [[Harvard University]], where he spent a year.<ref>http://www.enotes.com/twentieth-century-criticism/norris-frank</ref>

== Sources ==

== Sources ==

American Literature for Christian Schools, Bob Jones University Press, the biography on p. 501

American Literature for Christian Schools, Bob Jones University Press, the biography on p. 501

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