Ambrose Gwinett Bierce fue un escritor, periodista y editorialista estadounidense. Su estilo lucido y vehemente le ha permitido conservar la popularidad un siglo despues de su muerte, mientras que muchos de sus contemporaneos han pasado al olvido"

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - circa 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters," and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce."

Can Such Things Still Be?
Complete Literary Guide to the King in Yellow
This book contains the source works that began with Ambrose Bierce's creation of Hastur and Carcosa, were turned into works of madness-inducing terror by Robert W. Chambers which also introduced the King in Yellow and the Yellow Sign, then all those elements were incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft. It also includes the work from another author that Chamber's monstrous royal derived his darker deviation from that of Bierce's more humble beginnings - who could it be?
It does NOT include:...

The Devils Dictionary By Ambrose Bierce, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)"

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist and author Ambrose Bierce. Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book, it features Bierce's witty and often ironic spin on many common English words. Retitled in 1911, it has been followed by numerous "unabridged" versions compiled after Bierce's death, which include definitions absent from earlier editions. The Devil's Dictionary began as a serialized column during Bierce's time as a columnist for the San Francisco News Letter, a small weekly financial magazine founded by Frederick Marriott in the late...

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. His famous story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is included in this collection.In the preface to the first edition, Bierce maintained that the book had been "denied existence by the chief publishing houses of the country." He credited the eventual publication of the book to his friend, Mr. E. L. G. Steele, a merchant from San Francisco, who was listed with the 1891 copyright. 3] In 1898,...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - circa 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters," and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poets George Sterling and Herman George Scheffauer and the fiction writer...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - circa 1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon, The Devil's Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters," and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce." Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage younger writers, including the poets George Sterling and Herman George Scheffauer and the fiction writer...

El Diccionario del Diablo es una recopilacion satirica de 998 definiciones corrosivas escrito de 1881 a 1906 por Ambrose Bierce. Inicialmente fue publicado en fragmentos en diversos periodicos durante mas de veinte anos. Al finalizar, en 1911, se recopilo una version completa. El contenido buscaba diversos argumentos escritos a modo satirico. El libro fue conocido desde la Guerra de Secesion. Su primera traduccion francesa data de 1955. Fue traducido por Jacques Papy, e incluye un prefacio de Jean Cocteau. Actualmente, la traduccion francesa mas popular es la de Bernard Salle, a partir de la...