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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 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Van Doren is the 6,849th most popular writer (down from 6,667th in 2024), the 14,510th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,279th in 2019) and the 1,033rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Mark Van Doren ranks 6,849 out of 7,302. Before him are Marie Darrieussecq, Zlata Filipović, Marge Piercy, Shamsul Maidin, Ann C. Crispin, and Sherin Khankan. After him are Jokha Alharthi, Sui Ishida, Liane Moriarty, Paolo Bacigalupi, Eugene Vodolazkin, and Alex Hirsch.

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Among people born in 1894, Mark Van Doren ranks 265. Before him are Warren William, H. V. Evatt, Harry Cobby, Jimmy McHugh, Fred Allen, and Bud Jamison. After him is Harry B. Liversedge. Among people deceased in 1972, Mark Van Doren ranks 270. Before him are Clyde McPhatter, Lorenzo Wright, Reverend Gary Davis, Janet Munro, Padraic Colum, and Jerome Cowan. After him are Carl Hayden, Joi Lansing, and Benedicto Kiwanuka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mark Van Doren ranks 14,514 out of 20,380. Before him are Dale Bumpers (1925), Jim Jeffords (1934), Nick Zano (1978), Ann C. Crispin (1950), Ed Rendell (1944), and Henry A. Wise (1806). After him are Marion Martin (1909), Courtney Ford (1978), Millard Hampton (1956), Sidney Moncrief (1957), Gaten Matarazzo (2002), and Oliver McCall (1965).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Mark Van Doren ranks 1,033. Before him are Jennifer Egan (1962), Nicole Krauss (1974), Greg Daniels (1963), Justin Knapp (1982), Marge Piercy (1936), and Ann C. Crispin (1950). After him are Paolo Bacigalupi (1972), Alex Hirsch (1985), D. C. Fontana (1939), Ken Levine (1966), Jean Stafford (1915), and Noah Hawley (1967).

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