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(1899-1978) Author, poet. Matthew Josephson was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote on nineteenth-century French literature and twentieth-century American economic history.

Full Name

Matthew Josephson

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1899

BIRTH

Matthew Josephson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899.

1920

OTHER

Josephson graduated from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1920.

1923

LITWORK

Galimathias
New York: Broom.

Collection of poetry.

1928

LITWORK

Zola and His Time


Biography.

1932

LITWORK

Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Biography.

1934

LITWORK

The Robber Barons, The Great American Capitalists, 1861-1901


Nonfiction.

1938

LITWORK

The Politicos


Essay.

1942

LITWORK

Victor Hugo


Biography.

1946

LITWORK

Stendhal: or the Pursuit of Happiness


Biography.

1962

LITWORK

Life Among The Surealists


Memoir.

1967

LITWORK

Infidel in the Temple


Memoir.

1969

LITWORK

Al Smith: Hero of the Cities


Written in collaboration with Hannah Josephson, his wife.

1978

DEATH

Matthew Josephson died in Santa Cruz, California, in 1978.

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