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(1901-1982) Critic, novelist, columnist. Granville Hicks was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, and died in Franklin Park, New Jersey.

Full Name

Granville Hicks

Locations

Rensselaer

Author's Timeline


1901

BIRTH

Granville Hicks was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on September 9, 1901.

1929

OTHER

Mr. Hicks was an assistant professor of English at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, from 1929 until 1935.

1932

RESIDENCE

Mr. Hicks lived in Grafton, New York, from 1932 until 1975.

1933

LITWORK

The Great Tradition: An Interpretation of American Literature Since the Civil War
New York: The Macmillan Company

Nonfiction.

1936

LITWORK

John Reed: The Making of a Revolutionary
New York: The Macmillan Company

Biography written with John Stuart.

1938

LITWORK

I Like America
New York: Modern Age Books

Nonfiction.

1939

LITWORK

Figures of Transition: A Study of British Literature at the End of the Nineteenth Century
New York: The Macmillan Company

Nonfiction.

1940

LITWORK

First To Awaken
New York: The Macmillan Company

Novel.

1942

LITWORK

Only One Storm
New York: The MacMillan Company

Novel.

1944

LITWORK

Behold Trouble
New York: The Macmillan Company

Novel.

1946

LITWORK

Small Town
New York: The Macmillan Company
1125668202 / 978-1125668207
Nonfiction.

1952

LITWORK

There Was a Man in Our Town
New York: Viking Press

Novel.

1955

OTHER

Mr. Hicks taught at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, New York, from 1955 until 1958.

1959

OTHER

Mr. Hicks was a visiting professor at New York University in 1959.

1960

OTHER

Mr. Hicks was a visiting professor at Syracuse University in 1960.

1965

LITWORK

Part Of The Truth
New York: Harcourt Brace & World
1135536732 / 978-1135536732
Autobiography.

1982

DEATH

Granville Hicks died at the Franklin Convalescent Center in Franklin Park, New Jersey, on June 18, 1982.

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