John Crowe Ransom
American poet (1888-1974) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 86
John Crowe Ransom 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.
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1974Died3 July 19741968Emerson-Thoreau MedalAward1964National Book Award for PoetryAward1962Fellowship of the Academy of American PoetsAward1950Bollingen PrizeAward1931Guggenheim FellowshipAward1910Rhodes ScholarshipAward1888Born30 April 1888
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Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Lived 1888 to 1974 · aged 86
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James MerrillBoth received Bollingen Prize
Geoffrey HillBoth received Russell Loines Award for Poetry
Randall JarrellBoth received National Book Award for Poetry
Laura RidingBoth received Bollingen Prize
Robert HassBoth received National Book Award for PoetryEdwin MuirBoth received Russell Loines Award for Poetry