제임스 페니모어 쿠퍼

소개

제임스 페니모어 쿠퍼(James Fenimore Cooper, 1789년 9월 15일 ~ 1851년 9월 14일 )는 미국의 소설가·평론가이다.

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and his last 15 years in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death, and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.