The article presents biography and an outline of literary work of the American novelist and painter Albert du Aime (William Wharton). The text includes the writer’s biography with a special stress on the biographical material included in the novels. Further part of the article presents basic assumptions of Wharton’s work, enumerates recurrent motives and proposes a division of his literary output. Writer’s opinions concerning society and ethics are presented in closer detail. The article end in an analysis of the writer’s position on the literary market both in Poland and abroad. The original text is supplemented with a Bibliography of William Wharton (In Polish).