<P> `` Rip Van Winkle '' is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819 . Written while Irving was living in Birmingham , England , it is part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon , Gent . Although the story is set in New York 's Catskill Mountains , Irving later admitted , `` When I wrote the story , I had never been on the Catskills . '' The story 's title character is a Dutch - American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War . </P>
<P> `` Rip Van Winkle '' is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819 . Written while Irving was living in Birmingham , England , it is part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon , Gent . Although the story is set in New York 's Catskill Mountains , Irving later admitted , `` When I wrote the story , I had never been on the Catskills . '' The story 's title character is a Dutch - American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War . </P>
who wrote rip van winkle and sleepy hollow
who wrote rip van winkle and sleepy hollow
Washington Irving
Washington Irving