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Writer, public intellectual. Irving Howe ( / haʊ /; June 11, 1920 – May 5, 1993) was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America .
Jun 7, 2024 · Irving Howe (born June 11, 1920, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died May 5, 1993, New York City) was an American literary and social critic and educator noted for his probing into the social and political viewpoint in literary criticism.
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May 6, 1993 · Irving Howe, the literary critic and founding editor of Dissent magazine, who spent a lifetime advancing the cause of humane, democratic socialism, died early yesterday morning at Mount Sinai...
Jun 11, 2020 · A tribute to Irving Howe, the founding editor of Dissent, on his 100th birthday. Four contributors recall his life, work, and legacy as a socialist critic, teacher, and editor.
May 9, 1993 · It is said of Irving Howe, who died suddenly last week at the age of 72 that he kept his political views and his literary criticism chastely separate. He was always congratulated for that.
Nov 9, 2014 · Confident generalist: Irving Howe in Alaska in 1943. “He was suspicious of characters like me,” Irving Howe recalled of a genteel Princeton literary scholar he knew in the late 1940s.
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Jan 15, 2015 · A generation ago, Irving Howe’s voice rattled around the brain of the American intellectual. When writers sat down to compose essays, they were already imagining the postcard of praise they...
