Last name: Foe
Name/names: Daniel
Also known as: Defoe
Born: 1660 (London, United Kingdom)
Died: 24 April 1731 (London, United Kingdom)
Category: Literature.
Daniel Defoe (right. Surname Foe) – ur. 1660 in London, died 26.IV.1731 Ibid, English writer and publicist. Before he debuted as a prose writer, He had many professions (merchant, government agent, pamphlecist, dziennikarz i wydawca dziennika Review
). For his texts persecuted, Twice imprisoned and under the pillory, Despite this, he fought for religious tolerance. Sławę zapewniły mu Cases of Robinson Cruzoe (1719), rzekomy pamiętnik The diary of the year (1722) and Latvian novels, m.in. Dola and the misery of the famous Moll Flanders (1722), Roksana, that is, a happy lover (1724). Precursor of journalism, The author of several hundred polemics and dissertations was modeled on the model of reportage or literature.