Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne, born Hathorne on 4 July 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, was an American novelist and short story writer who died on 19 May 1864. His works often focus on history, morality and religion, and much of his writing centers on New England, with many works featuring moral metaphors with an anti-Puritan inspiration. His fiction is considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, dark romanticism, and his themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825, collected his short stories as Twice-Told Tales in 1837, and published The Scarlet Letter in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels.