Henry Darger
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Henry Darger
(1892–1973) was a reclusive American writer and artist who worked as a
janitor in Chicago, Illinois. He has become famous for his posthumously
discovered 15,145-page fantasy manuscript called The Story of the
Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the
Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion,
along with several hundred drawings and watercolor paintings illustrating
the story.
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