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Mark Van Doren

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Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic. [1]

73 relations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards, Allen Ginsberg, Allen Tate, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Anthony Robinson (novelist), Bartram's Travels, Beat Generation, Bleecker Street, Boar's Head Society, Carl Van Doren, CBS Radio, Charles Van Doren, Cohen Awards (Ploughshares), Columbia College (New York), Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, Connecticut, Cornwall, Connecticut, Critic, Dan Wakefield, Doctor of Philosophy, Donald Keene, Dorothy Graffe Van Doren, Emeritus, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fellows in American Letters of the Library of Congress, Folkways Records, Great books, Henry Holt and Company, Herbert Huncke, Jack Kerouac, Japanese literature, Japanese studies, John Berryman, John Hollander, Liberal education, Lionel Trilling, List of winners of the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship, Literary editor, Louis Simpson, New York City, Newsweek, Oxford University Press, Paul Scofield, Poet, Poetry Foundation, Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Quiz Show (film), ..., Richard Howard, Robert Giroux, Robert Lax, Society for the Prevention of World War III, Teacher, The Kenyon Review, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Thomas Merton, Torrington, Connecticut, Trappists, Twenty One (game show), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas at Dallas, Urbana, Illinois, Van Doren, Vanderbilt University, Vermilion County, Illinois, Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Whittaker Chambers, 1940 Pulitzer Prize. Expand index (23 more) »

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (often referred to as the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet, philosopher, writer, and activist.

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Allen Tate

John Orley Allen Tate (November 19, 1899 – February 9, 1979), known professionally as Allen Tate, was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate from 1943 to 1944.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member honor society; its goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.

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Anthony Robinson (novelist)

Anthony Robinson (born 1931) is an American novelist and short story writer.

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Bartram's Travels

Bartram's Travels is the short title of naturalist William Bartram's book describing his travels in the American South and encounters with American Indians between 1773 and 1777.

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Beat Generation

The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era.

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Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street is a west–east street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Boar's Head Society

The Boar's Head Society (1910 - 1970s) was a student conversazione society devoted to poetry at Columbia University.

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Carl Van Doren

Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was an American critic and biographer.

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CBS Radio

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

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Charles Van Doren

Charles Lincoln Van Doren (born February 12, 1926) is an American academic, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s.

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Cohen Awards (Ploughshares)

From 1986 and 2010, the Cohen Awards honored the best short story and poem published in the literary journal Ploughshares.

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Columbia College (New York)

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University (also known as GSAS) is a graduate school of the university that grants academic degrees in the arts and sciences, including M.A.s and Ph.D.s., in fields not covered by the university's professional or other schools.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Cornwall, Connecticut

Cornwall is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.

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Critic

A critic is a professional who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food.

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Dan Wakefield

Dan Wakefield (born 1932) is an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Donald Keene

Donald Lawrence Keene (born June 18, 1922) is an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature.

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Dorothy Graffe Van Doren

Dorothy Graffe (May 2, 1896 – February 21, 1993) was an American novelist.

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Emeritus

Emeritus, in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, or other person.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Fellows in American Letters of the Library of Congress

The Fellows in American Letters of the Library of Congress are awarded by the Library of Congress.

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Folkways Records

Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music.

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Great books

The great books are books that are thought to constitute an essential foundation in the literature of Western culture.

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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company based in New York City.

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Herbert Huncke

Herbert Edwin Huncke (January 9, 1915 – August 8, 1996) was an American writer and poet, and active participant in a number of emerging cultural, social and aesthetic movements of the 20th century in America.

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Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac (born Jean-Louis Kérouac (though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac); March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent.

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Japanese literature

Early works of Japanese literature were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese.

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Japanese studies

Japanese studies or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe) is a division of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan.

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John Berryman

John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar, born in McAlester, Oklahoma.

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John Hollander

John Hollander (October 28, 1929 – August 17, 2013) was an American poet and literary critic.

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Liberal education

A liberal education is a system or course of education suitable for the cultivation of a free (Latin: liber) human being.

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Lionel Trilling

Lionel Mordecai Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher.

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List of winners of the Academy of American Poets' Fellowship

List of winners of the Academy Fellowship is awarded annually for "distinguished poetic achievement" at mid-career, by the Academy of American Poets.

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Literary editor

A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews.

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Louis Simpson

Louis Aston Marantz Simpson (March 27, 1923 – September 14, 2012) was an American poet born in Jamaica.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is an American weekly magazine founded in 1933.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Paul Scofield

David Paul Scofield CH CBE (21 January 1922 – 19 March 2008) was an English actor of stage and screen who was known for his striking presence, distinctive voice, and for the clarity and effortless intensity of his delivery.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture.

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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography

The Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.

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Quiz Show (film)

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical film produced and directed by Robert Redford, and written by Paul Attanasio, based on Richard N. Goodwin's memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties. It stars John Turturro, Rob Morrow, and Ralph Fiennes, with Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, and Christopher McDonald appearing in supporting roles.

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Richard Howard

Richard Joseph Howard (born October 13, 1929; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) is an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator.

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Robert Giroux

Robert Giroux (April 8, 1914 – September 5, 2008) was an American book editor and publisher.

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Robert Lax

Robert Lax (November 30, 1915 – September 26, 2000) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with famed 20th century Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton.

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Society for the Prevention of World War III

The Society for the Prevention of World War III was an organization set up in the U.S. in 1944 during World War II that advocated a harsh peace for Germany in order to completely remove Germany as a future military threat.

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Teacher

A teacher (also called a school teacher or, in some contexts, an educator) is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values.

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The Kenyon Review

The Kenyon Review is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, home of Kenyon College.

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The Nation

The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, and the most widely read weekly journal of progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

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The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was a Catalan Trappist monk of American nationality.

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Torrington, Connecticut

Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Northwest Hills region.

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Trappists

The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (OCSO: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae) is a Catholic religious order of cloistered contemplative monastics who follow the Rule of St. Benedict.

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Twenty One (game show)

Twenty One is an American game show originally hosted by Jack Barry which aired on NBC from 1956 to 1958.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD or UT Dallas) is a public research university in the University of Texas System.

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Urbana, Illinois

Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

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Van Doren

Van Doren is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin and a variation of Van Doorn.

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Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion County is a county located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois, between the Indiana border and Champaign County.

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Walter B. Pitkin Jr.

Walter Boughton Pitkin (June 29, 1913 – June 27, 2007) was an American publisher, author, and literary agent.

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Whittaker Chambers

Jay Vivian Chambers (April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961), known as Whittaker Chambers, was an American editor who denounced his Communist spying and became respected by the American Conservative movement during the 1950s.

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1940 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1940.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Van_Doren

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