O. Henry's biography

O. Henry was the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, who was a storyteller, journalist and pharmacist. He was born in September 11, 1862 and die in June 5, 1910.

His life was a little stormy, at the age of three, his mom died of tuberculosis, and then his life start to change. He went to his grandmother’s house with his dad. After years he moved to a friend’s house and he lives there for three years. And it was there and because of a cat called Henry and the expression: OH HENRY! That he start to use that pseudonym, also he start to drink.

He gets married twice and has two children, but one died.

He lives in many places escaping from accusations of embezzlement of founds, after a few years he came back to E.E.U.U., because his wife was dying, and he was arrested. He writes a lot of short stories.

He died in June 5, 1910, because of liver cirrhosis.