ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born on a plantation in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born on a plantation in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 11, 1862.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Sydney Porter-better known by his pen name, O. Henry-was born in North Carolina and died in New York. But his sixteen years in Texas, from 1882 to 1898, made a lasting mark on his life and work. In Texas, Porter developed an abiding love for the American West.

Detailed explanation-4: -After serving three years of his sentence, Porter was released from prison. He legally changed his name to O. Henry to shield his past and moved to New York City to write for a magazine. He wrote a story a week for the New York World, and in 1904, published his first collection, Cabbages and Kings.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most popular explanation is that Porter selected his pen name after he moved into the Harrell family home in Austin (Texas) where he called “Oh Henry!” while searching for the family cat. William Sydney Porter lived in Austin between 1884 and 1887, a decade before his penitentiary term in Ohio.