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Bookmark or Share- H.L. Mencken | Biography, Books, Works, Significance, & Facts - BritannicaH.L. Mencken was a controversial journalist and pungent critic of American life who powerfully influenced U.S. fiction through the 1920s. He jeered at American sham, pretension, provincialism, and prudery, and he ridiculed the nation’s organized religion, business, and middle class (or ‘booboisie’).
- H. L. Mencken - WikiquoteHenry Louis Mencken (12 September 1880 – 29 January 1956), known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and 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.
- H. L. Mencken - New World EncyclopediaHenry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth century journalist, satirist, and social critic, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche."
- The Mencken Society – Promoting the living works of Henry Louis Mencken ...Last Week with H. L. Mencken (Feb. 3, 2023 edition) January 29 – “Inherit the Wind” is returning to the stage in Albuquerque: “This enthralling drama is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes’ being convicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution to a high school ...
- About H.L. Mencken - The Mencken HouseMencken referred to “The Free Lance” as a “private editorial column devoted wholly to my personal opinions and prejudices.” The title, in fact, denotes a knight who will do battle for a whole variety of causes. Mencken launched his career as a social critic with the founding of The American Mercury.
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