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Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks (February 16, 1886 - May 2, 1963) was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian.
Born in 1886 in Plainfield, New Jersey, he graduated from Harvard Uni...view moreVan Wyck Brooks (February 16, 1886 - May 2, 1963) was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian.
Born in 1886 in Plainfield, New Jersey, he graduated from Harvard University in 1908. As a student he published his first book, a collection of poetry called Verses by Two Undergraduates, co-written with his friend John Hall Wheelock.
His best-known work is a series of studies entitled Makers and Finders: A History of the Writer in America, 1800-1915 (1952), which chronicled the development of American literature during the long 19th century. For The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865 (1936) he won the second National Book Award for Non-Fiction from the American Book Sellers Association and the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for History. The book was also included in Life Magazine’s list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924-1944.
He was a long-time resident of Bridgewater, Connecticut, which built a town library wing in his name. A historic district known for its old Victorian and Second French Empire style buildings in Plainfield, the town of his birth, is also named after him.
He was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1944.
He was awarded honorary degrees (Doctor of Letters) from more than ten American universities, including Harvard, Columbia and Dartmouth College.
Brooks died in Bridgewater, Connecticut in 1963view less
Books by Van Wyck Brooks
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