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John Crowe Ransom

1888 - 1974

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John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John Crowe Ransom is the 6,821st most popular writer (down from 6,744th in 2024), the 14,327th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,732nd in 2019) and the 1,022nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, John Crowe Ransom ranks 6,822 out of 7,302. Before him are Deborah Ellis, Allen Tate, Tom Kapinos, Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Marius von Mayenburg, Carol Ann Duffy, and Stephen Chbosky. After him are Wladimir Kaminer, William Safire, Louis MacNeice, Lawrence Wright, and Peter Morgan.

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Among people born in 1888, John Crowe Ransom ranks 279. Before him are Asaf Ali, Monty Woolley, Clarence DeMar, Marguerite Marsh, Gabriel Thorstensen, and Clemence Dane. After him are Thomas Sopwith, Jay Gould II, Lewis Tewanima, and Hazel Abel. Among people deceased in 1974, John Crowe Ransom ranks 262. Before him are Mary Forbes, Vlasta Děkanová, Gabriel Thorstensen, Dorothy Fields, Eric Linklater, and Anders Lange. After him are Norman Kirk, Ernest Gruening, Johnny Mack Brown, Barbara Jo Allen, Pamela Britton, and Chet Huntley.

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Crowe Ransom ranks 1,023. Before him are Kevin Poulsen (1965), Robert Hunter (1941), Michael Arndt (1970), Terrence McNally (1938), Allen Tate (1899), Tom Kapinos (1969), and Stephen Chbosky (1970). After him are William Safire (1929), Lawrence Wright (1947), Katherine Schwarzenegger (1989), Jennifer Egan (1962), and Nicole Krauss (1974).

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