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Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic.

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Mark Van Doren

Mark Van Doren was born on June 13, 1894. He was the son of a doctor and grew up in Illinois.

In 1940, Van Doren’s Collected Poems 1922–1938 (Henry Holt and Company, 1939) won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He published numerous other notable books of poetry and nonfiction, including The Last Days of Lincoln (Hill & Wang, 1959); Selected Poems (Holt, 1954); Nathaniel Hawthorne (W. Sloane Associates, 1949); The Noble Voice (Henry Holt and Company, 1945); Shakespeare (Henry Holt and Company, 1939); American and British Literature since 1890 (Appleton-Century, 1939); Jonathan Gentry (A. & C. Boni, 1931); Spring Thunder (Thomas Seltzer, 1924); and The Poetry of John Dryden (Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920).

Van Doren was a poet, novelist, and critic, and worked at The Nation from 1924–28 and from 1935–38. He was a member of the Society for the Prevention of World War III and a celebrated teacher at Columbia University.

Van Doren died in Torrington, Connecticut, on December 1

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Mark Van Doren

American poet (1894–1972)

Mark Van Doren

Born	(1894-06-13)June 13, 1894 Hope, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1972(1972-12-10) (aged 78) Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation
Education	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Notable works	Shakespeare (1939) A Liberal Education (1943)
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1940 for Collected Poems 1922–1938 Academy of American Poets' Fellowship (1967)
Spouse	Dorothy Van Doren
Children	2, including Charles Van Doren
Relatives	Carl Van Doren (brother) Adam Van Doren (grandson)

Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He was literary editor of The Nation, in New York City

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Biography

Van Doren, Mark

(1894–1972)

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Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and a critic, apart from being a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, and Beat Generation writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He remained literary editor of The Nation, in New York City (1924–28), and its film critic, 1935 to 1938.

Amongst his notable works, many published in The Kenyon Review, include a collaboration with brother Carl Van Doren, American and British Literature since 1890 (1939); critical studies, The Poetry of John Dryden (1920), Shakespeare (1939), The Noble Voice (1945) and Nathaniel Hawthorne (1949); collections of poems including Jonathan Gentry (1931); stories; and the verse play The Last Days of Lincoln (1959).

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