Bierce, Ambrose
Bierce, Ambrose ( 1842 –? 1914 ),American writer, born in Ohio. He served in the Civil War, 1861 – 5 , and afterwards became a prominent journalist, living and working for a time in England ( 1872 – 6 ). He returned to San Francisco, and later worked as a correspondent in Washington. He published much, and collected his writings together in 12 vols ( 1909 – 12 ), but is best known for his short stories, realistic, sardonic, and strongly influenced by Poe . They were published in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians ( 1891 ), a title which was changed to In the Midst of Life ( 1892 ; rev. edn 1898 ). Tired of life and America, he travelled to Mexico in 1913 and mysteriously disappeared, it is thought in the fighting of the Mexican Civil War.
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