Van Wyck Brooks [SEP] place of death
Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks (February 16, 1886 in Plainfield, New Jersey – May 2, 1963 in Bridgewater, Connecticut) was an American literary critic, biographer, and historian.
Biography.
Brooks graduated from Harvard University in 1908. As a student he published his first book, a collection of poetry called "Verses by Two Undergraduates", co-written with his friend John Hall Wheelock.
Brooks' best-known work is a series of studies entitled "Makers and Finders: A
place on August 26, 1926.
By the early 1960s, the library's two floors were finally becoming cramped. With the death of town resident Van Wyck Brooks, a biographer and critic, a "Van Wyck Brooks Memorial Fund was set up to raise money for a library wing in his name. The effort, however, flopped, despite support from such celebrities as Pearl Buck and Archibald MacLeish. Just enough money was raised for a bust of the author and a display of some of his memorabilia. His desk