James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley (7 octobre 1849 à Greenfield, Indiana - 22 juillet 1916) est un écrivain et un poète américain.

Il écrivait des poèmes humoristiques ou sentimentaux dans le dialecte Hoosier (le dialecte de l'Indiana). Certains de ses vers sont devenus des expressions populaires et sont donc utilisés par des personnes qui n'ont pas lu ses poèmes.

Il serait à l'origine du Test du canard.

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