H. L. Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken was a twentieth century journalist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century.

Works

• ' (1905)
• The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1907)
• A Book of Burlesques (1916)
• A Little Book in C Major (1916)
• Pistols for Two (1917)
• A Book of Prefaces (1917)
• In Defense of Women (1917)
• The American Language (1919)
• Prejudices (1919?27)
• Treatise on Right and Wrong (1934)
• ' (1920-1936)
• Treatise on the Gods (1930)
• Happy Days, 1880?1892 (1940)
• Newspaper Days, 1899?1906 (1941)
• Heathen Days, 1890?1936 (1943)