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Mark Van Doren
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 (1924–1928), and its film
"Mark Van Doren", by J. T. Ledbetter. Peter Lang, 1996. .
- Sonnets by Mark Van Doren
External links.
- Mark Van Doren, Biography and Poems at Poetry Foundation
- Mark Van Doren and Shakespeare; "Columbia College Today", September 2005 (retrieved May 24, 2009)
- Mark Van Doren & American classicism. Free Library