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Portrait of John Crowe Ransom

John Crowe Ransom

(1888–1974) Poet United States

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John Crowe Ransom was a poet from the United States, best known for The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition.

Quick Facts About John Crowe Ransom

Born
April 30, 1888
Died
July 3, 1974
Nationality
United States
Profession
Poet
Notable works
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

About John Crowe Ransom

John Crowe Ransom was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bollingen Prize Rhodes Scholarship Guggenheim Fellowship National Book Award for Poetry Emerson-Thoreau Medal Russell Loines Award for Poetry Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets

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