Biography de Jack London

A FAMOUS WRITER: Jack London was born in 1876-1916 in San Fransisco(USA). His real name was John Griffith Chaney. His mother was Flora Wellman but she didn t take care orf him because she was very ill. When he was young, he left school to work at... More

A FAMOUS WRITER: Jack London was born in 1876-1916 in San Fransisco(USA). His real name was John Griffith Chaney. His mother was Flora Wellman but she didn t take care orf him because she was very ill. When he was young, he left school to work at many work different jobs. He returned to school when he was 19 years old. He enjoyed reading very much and he was fond of writing poems. During the winter of 1897, he went to Yukon , a province in the north west of Canada, near Alaska, so there are many Canadian elements in this books. He became a famous writer in 1903 when he wrote the call of the wild . In 1906, he wrote WHITE FANG. He will write more than 50 books. In 1900, he married Bess Madden and they had two daugthers. They divorced in 1905 and he remarried Charmian Kittredge who was a writer too. Jack London was not in good health: he died on November 22nd, 1916 because he was very ill. BY ARNAUD DELARIEU 1/9 Less