biography
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Van Doren, Mark (Albert)
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| (1894–1972)
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| Poet, teacher, and writer, born in Hope, Illinois, USA, the brother of Carl Van Doren. He studied at the University of Illinois (1914 BA; 1915 MA), and Columbia University (1920 PhD), where he taught English (1920–59). He also taught at St John's College (Maryland) (1937–57) and Harvard (1963). A prolific scholar and writer, he wrote children's books, critical studies, and plays, notably The Last Days of Lincoln (1959). He is best known for his carefully crafted poetry, as in Collected and New Poems, 1924–1963 (1963). He lived in New York City and Falls Village, CT. |
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