Edmund Wilson
1895 - 1972
General Information
Bio
(1895-1972) Editor, critic, author. Edmund Wilson was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He is considered one of the most important American literary and social critics of the 20th century. He was managing editor of “Vanity Fair” (1920-21), also on the staffs of the “New Republic” (1926-31) and the “New Yorker” (1944-48). He summered in Talcottville, New York, and died there in 1972.
Full Name
Edmund Wilson
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
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OTHER
Rented an apartment at 144th Street and Mott Avenue, Kingsbridge
While recovering from the commercial failure of his first novel, "Sister Carrie" (1900), Dreiser, along with his wife Jug in 1903, rented an apartment at 144th Street and Mott Avenue, Kingsbridge, and worked in Spuyten Duyvil.
While recovering from the commercial failure of his first novel, "Sister Carrie" (1900), Dreiser, along with his wife Jug in 1903, rented an apartment at 144th Street and Mott Avenue, Kingsbridge, and worked in Spuyten Duyvil.
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RESIDENCE
Lived in New York City
1895
BIRTH
Edmund Wilson was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1895.
1909
OTHER
Rented an apartment in Staten Island
In 1909, when Dreiser was thirty-eight, he and his wife rented an apartment at 109 St. Mark's Place, New Brighton.
In 1909, when Dreiser was thirty-eight, he and his wife rented an apartment at 109 St. Mark's Place, New Brighton.
1929
LITWORK
I Thought Of Daisy
Novel.
Novel.
1931
LITWORK
Axel's Castle: A Study In Imaginative Literature Of 1870-1930
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Collection of essays.
New York, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Collection of essays.
1932
LITWORK
The American Jitters: A Year Of The Slump
Collection of articles.
Collection of articles.
1940
LITWORK
To the Finland Station
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Nonfiction.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Nonfiction.
1941
LITWORK
The Wound And The Bow: Seven Studies In Literature
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press.
Collection of critical essays.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Riverside Press.
Collection of critical essays.
1946
LITWORK
Memoirs Of Hecate County
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Collection of stories.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday.
Collection of stories.
1948
LITWORK
The Triple Thinkers: Twelve Essays On Literary Subjects
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company.
Collection of essays.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company.
Collection of essays.
1954
LITWORK
Five Plays
Plays.
Plays.
1962
LITWORK
Patriotic Gore: Studies In The Literature Of The American Civil War
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Collection of essays.
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Collection of essays.
1971
LITWORK
Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York
Nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
1972
DEATH
Edmund Wilson died in Talcottville, New York, in 1972.
1972
INTERMENT
Edmund Wilson was interred in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
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