Person Detail: Mark Van Doren

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General Information:
Full Name: Mark Van Doren
Biography: (1894-1972/73) Poet, writer, critic. Mark Van Doren graduated with a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1920, and became assistant professor of English and went on to teach as a professor from 1942 to 1959. His pupils include John Berryman, Thomas Merton, Allen Ginsberg, and Lionel Trilling. He was also on the staff of the "Nation" from 1924-36. With his brother Carl Van Doren he wrote "American and British Literature since 1890" (1939). He wrote critical studies of Dryden, Hawthorne, and other authors; compiled anthologies; collected his lectures for publication; wrote poetry, novels, and plays; lived at 393 Bleecker Street, was responsible for the building of the Bleecker Gardens; and won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1939.
Author's Timeline:
1894		(Unknown) County Mark Van Doren was born in Hope, Illinois, in 1894.
1920		New York County Van Doren graduated with a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1920, and became assistant professor of English and went on to teach as a professor from 1942 to 1959.
1924		(Unknown) County Spring Thunder, and Other Poems Collection of poetry.
1935		(Unknown) County The Transients Novel.
1939		(Unknown) County Van Doren receieved the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1939.
1939		(Unknown) County American and British Literature since 1890 Van Doren collaborated with his brother, Carl Van Doren, to complete this book.
1939		(Unknown) County Collected Poems, 1922-1938 Collection of poetry, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
1940		(Unknown) County Windless Cabins Novel.
1943		(Unknown) County Liberal Education Nonfiction.
1943		(Unknown) County Tilda Novel.
1959		(Unknown) County Morning Worship and Other Poems Collection of poetry.
1959		(Unknown) County The Last Days of Lincoln Play.
1972		(Unknown) County Mark Van Doren died in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1972 or 1973.
1972		(Unknown) County Mark Van Doren was interred at Cornwall Hollow Cemetery, Cornwall Hollow, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
1987		(Unknown) County The Selected Letters of Mark Van Doren (Pub: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN: ) Collection of letters edited by George Hendrick.