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Mark Van Doren

1894 - 1972

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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 from 1924 to 1928 and its film critic from 1935 to 1938. Amongst his notable works, many published in The Kenyon Review, are a collaboration with his 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Van Doren is the 6,667th most popular writer, the 13,283rd most popular biography from United States and the 971st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mark Van Doren ranks 6,667 out of 7,302. Before him are Greil Marcus, Édouard Louis, Joel Surnow, Thomas Brussig, Eugene Vodolazkin, and Kevin Poulsen. After him are Padma Sachdev, Walter Mosley, Muhsin al-Ramli, Tim Kring, Leonard Maltin, and James Kelman.

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Among people born in 1894, Mark Van Doren ranks 264. Before him are Walter Byron, Jimmy McHugh, Warren William, Beatrice Lillie, Fred Allen, and Bud Jamison. After him are H. V. Evatt, and Harry B. Liversedge. Among people deceased in 1972, Mark Van Doren ranks 266. Before him are William Boyd, Carl W. Stalling, Clyde McPhatter, Martin Schröttle, Lorenzo Wright, and Tor Lund. After him are Dorothy Dalton, Jimmy Douglas, Padraic Colum, Jerome Cowan, Carl Hayden, and Joi Lansing.

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Among people born in United States, Mark Van Doren ranks 13,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Errol Morris (1948), Chris Pontius (1974), Lucas Grabeel (1984), Peter Hermann (1967), Carl Shy (1908), and Earl Palmer (1924). After him are Ruth Buzzi (1936), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1922), Meredith Colket (1878), Polly Ann Young (1908), Michael Fincke (1967), and Walter Mosley (1952).

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Among writers born in United States, Mark Van Doren ranks 971. Before him are Deborah Feldman (1986), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), George Clayton Johnson (1929), Greil Marcus (1945), Joel Surnow (1955), and Kevin Poulsen (1965). After him are Walter Mosley (1952), Tim Kring (1957), Leonard Maltin (1950), Gertrude Atherton (1857), Ed Bradley (1941), and Pat Cadigan (1953).

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