Usuku lokuzalwa: NgoSeptemba 11 , Ngo-1862
Wafa eneminyaka: 47
Umqondiso welanga: Intombazana
Kwaziwa njenge:UWilliam Sydney Porter
Uzalwe e:IGreensboro, North Carolina
Idume njenge:Umbhali wamaBali amafutshane
Iingcaphuno zika-O. Henry Ababhali bamaBali amafutshane
Usweleke kwi: Nge-5 kaJuni , 1910
U.S. Urhulumente: North Carolina
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
UGeorge R. R. Ma ... UDiane Ladd UReginald VelJoh ... UHarlan EllisonNgubani u-O. Henry?
UWilliam Sydney Porter, owayedume kakhulu ngegama lakhe lokuloba u-O. Henry, wayengumbhali waseMelika wamabali amafutshane. Amabali akhe ayebalasele ngendlela yabo yobukrelekrele, ukusetyenziswa kwamagama, iimpembelelo zokuba kwenzeke ngokuqondakalayo kubalinganiswa babo kwaye amaxesha amaninzi kukuphela kokumangaliswa. Iintsomi zakhe zihlala zilingisa indawo eqhelekileyo, ngakumbi ubomi babahlali baseNew York City. O. UHenry wayethanda umculo kwaye eyimvumi elungileyo kwaye wayekwazi ukudlala isiginkci kunye nemandolin. Ubomi bakhe bokuqala wambona ecula kwiindibano njengelungu leqela le-'Hill City Quartet '. Wayevalelwe entolongweni ngenxa yokuxhaphaza imali 'kwiBhanki yeSizwe yokuQala' eAustin apho wayesebenza khona njengomgcini-ncwadi kunye nomseli. Ngokuhamba ngokungxama wabalekela eNew Orleans emva koko waya eHonduras, usuku ngaphambi kwetyala lakhe, ngelixa wayethathwa esiya kwinkundla yamatyala. Nangona kunjalo, kamva wazinikela emva kokuba iindaba zokugula kakhulu komfazi wakhe zafika kuye. Uninzi lwamabali akhe amafutshane apapashwa ngelixa wayesentolongweni. Amabali akhe aqaphelekayo kwaye adumileyo abandakanya 'Isipho seMagi', 'Intlawulelo yeNkosi ebomvu', 'I-Cop kunye noMhobe', 'Indlela yeCaballero' kunye 'noHlaziyo oluHlaziyiweyo'. Amanye amabali akhe anje nge 'Idini', 'Umsebenzi wakhe' kunye 'Ukuzama ukuBanjwa' zatshintshwa njengeefilimu ezingathethiyo ngexesha lokudla kwakhe ubomi.
Ityala lemifanekiso https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Sydney_Porter.jpgAmadoda eVirgo Umsebenzi Ngokuzama ukuphucula imeko yakhe yezempilo ngenxa yokukhohlela okungapheliyo, ngo-Matshi 1882, waya eTexas kunye noGqirha James K. Hall kwaye wahlala kunyana weHolo, kwifama yeegusha zikaRichard eLa Salle County. Apho wafunda uncwadi oluqhelekileyo, wasebenza njengomlondolozi wosana, walusa kwaye wapheka kwaye wafunda amasuntswana amaJamani neSpanish kwizandla ezahlukileyo zoncedo lwerandi. Ngo-1884 waya e-Austin kunye noRichard waza wahlala endlwini yabahlobo bakhe. E-Austin wazibandakanya neqela labafana abenza i 'Hill City Quartet'. O. UHenry, imvumi elungileyo kunye nemvumi ngokwakhe baqala ukucula kunye neqela kwindibano. Ngo-1887, ngoncedo lukaRichard, owayesele engu ‘Khomishinara woMhlaba waseTexas’, wajoyina i-‘Ofisi Yomhlaba Jikelele yaseTexas ’(‘ GLO ’) njengedrafti yokurhola umvuzo wenyanga oyi- $ 100. Kwangelo xesha wabhalela amaphephandaba kunye neemagazini. Abalinganiswa kunye neeplani zamabali akhe amaninzi anjenge-'Buried Treasure 'kunye' nokuLawulwa kweGeorgia 'zazilukiwe kwisakhiwo se' GLO '. Ukufana kwesakhiwo kwafunyanwa kumabali akhe ambalwa njenge-1894 epapashwe 'iBexar Scrip No. 2692'. Xa uRichard Hall waphulukana noJim Hogg kunyulo luka-1890 lwerhuluneli, u-O. UHenry warhoxa ekuqaleni kuka-1891. Kamva ngo-1891, wajoyina 'iBhanki yeSizwe yokuQala' e-Austin njengonobhala weencwadi kunye nomxeli. Ngo-1894 wagwetywa ngokuxhaphaza imali yibhanki kwaye nangona engatshutshiswa, waphelelwa ngumsebenzi. Ngelixa wayekhonza i-'Bhanki yeSizwe yokuQala ', waseka i-The Rolling Stone', iveki ehlekisayo, kwaye emva kokuphulukana nomsebenzi wakhe webhanki, wazinikela ngokusisigxina kwiveki epapasha imizobo yakhe, amabali amafutshane ngaphandle kwemisebenzi ehlekisayo nezopolitiko. Kwanasemva kokusasazwa okuphezulu kweekopi ze-1500 ze'The Rolling Stone ', eli phulo lasilela ngo-Epreli 1895 ngenxa yengeniso engonelanga. Wafudukela eHouston kunye nosapho kwi1895 kwaye waqala ukusebenza njengombhali wekholamu, intatheli kunye nomzobi wekhathuni e-'Houston Post 'ngokuzoba umvuzo wenyanga wama- $ 25, othe chu ukwanda ngokuthandwa kwakhe. Qhubeka nokufunda apha ngezantsi Ukulandela uphicotho 'lweBhanki yokuQala yeSizwe' eAustin ngabaphicothi zincwadi, watyholwa ngokusesikweni wabanjwa ngenxa yokuphanga imali ngo-1896. ngelixa wayethathwa esiwa kwinkundla yamatyala. Waqala waya eNew Orleans emva koko waya eHonduras. Emva koko wahlala ehotele eTrujillo, ePeru, iinyanga ezininzi. Apha wabhala 'Iikhabhathi kunye neeKings' (epapashwe ngo-1904), enye yemisebenzi yakhe ebalulekileyo eyayiquka umtya wamabali abonisa iinkalo zobomi kwidolophu esisiqhwala e-Central America. Igama elithi 'republic yebhanana' elenziwe nguye kwaye lisetyenziswe kule ncwadi ekugqibeleni lisetyenziswe ngokubanzi ukubonisa ilizwe elingazinzanga laseLatin America. Uye wanikezela emva kwakhe ngoFebruwari 1897 emva kokuba iindaba zokugula kakhulu komfazi wakhe zafika kuye kwaye emva kwetyala wagwetywa iminyaka emihlanu entolongweni ngoFebruwari wonyaka ozayo. Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kwinyanga yoKwindla ngo-1898 wavalelwa ‘eOhio Penitentiary’ eColumbus, eOhio. Usokhemesti onelayisensi, wayekhonza njengesiyobisi ebusuku esibhedlele. Wabhala amabali aliqela xa wayevalelwe, apho ezilishumi elinesine zapapashwa ngamagama ohlukeneyo. ‘O. Ekugqibeleni uHenry ’waziwa kakhulu phakathi kwamanye amagama akhe. 'Ukubetha ikhwelo kukaDick ngeKrisimesi', epapashwe kwiMagazini kaMcClure kwiphephandaba layo likaDisemba 1899 yayilibali lokuqala apho wasebenzisa khona eli gama. Ukuziphatha kwakhe kakuhle kwamenza wakhululwa kwangoko entolongweni ngoJulayi 24, 1901 emva koko wajoyina intombi yakhe uMargaret, owayeneminyaka eli-11 ngelo xesha kwaye ehlala notatomkhulu noomakhulu bakhe ePittsburgh, ePennsylvania. UMargaret wayengazi ngokuvalelwa kukayise kwaye wayesazi ukuba wayengekho ngeshishini. Ngo-1902 wafudukela eNew York, waba ngumbhali ophumeleleyo ebhala malunga namabali amafutshane angama-381. Ngaphezulu konyaka angenise ibali elinye veki nganye kwi-'New York World Magazine Magazine '. Ukuhlanganiswa kwakhe okumangalisayo kwamabali amafutshane zii-‘Chabbages and Kings ’(1904),‘ The Four Million ’(1906),‘ The Gentle Grafter ’(1908),‘ Roads of Destiny ’(1909) kunye ne‘ Whirligigs ’(1910). Qhubeka nokufunda apha ngezantsi kwamabali akhe amafutshane awaziwayo 'Sisipho seMagi', 'Intlawulelo yeNtloko yeRed', 'iNdlela yeCaballero' kunye 'nobuphindi beHargraves' phakathi kwabanye. 
Ubomi boBuntu kunye nelifa NgoJulayi 1, 1887, waphumelela watshata noAthol Estes, emva koko wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe ubudala eyintsapho esisityebi. Emva kwexesha elide ephethwe sisifo sephepha, uAthol wasweleka ngoJulayi 25, 1897. Babenentombi uMargaret Worth Porter, owazalwa ngoSeptemba 1889. Ngo-1907, watshata noSara Lindsey Coleman, umbhali kunye nesithandwa sakhe sobuntwana, kodwa wamshiya ngo-1909. NgoJuni 5, 1910, wasweleka ngenxa yeengxaki ezininzi kubandakanya nentliziyo eyandisiweyo, ukuqina kwesibindi kunye neswekile. Wangcwatyelwa e-Asheville, eMantla Carolina, kwi 'Riverside Cemetery'. Inqaku I-'O. I-Henry Award ’inikwa minyaka le ngamabali amafutshane amangalisayo. Inkundla yomanyano apho wagwetywa igama kwathiwa ngu-'O. UHenry Hall '. ‘Iseposi yaseSoviet’ yakhupha isitampu ngo-1962 siphawula ukuzalwa kwakhe kwenkulungwane ngo-Septemba 11, 2012, i-‘U. IPost Service 'ikhuphe isitampu esibonisa iminyaka yakhe yokuzalwa eyi-150. 
