Stephen Crane was one of the creators of American Naturalism, his most famous novel is <em>The Red Badge of Courage</em> written in 1895, nowadays an American classic. While he studied at Hudson River Institute and Claverach College, he began working as a freelance writer for a newspaper. In 1891 he quit school and became a full time reporter with his brother and a part time reporter for the New York Tribune. He continued working as a novelist and a reporter over the next years.
