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Daniel Aaron
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US-amerikanischer Historiker und Amerikanist
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Daniel Aaron (1912–2016) was an American literary scholar, writer, and university teacher. He held academic positions at Harvard University and Smith College. His fields of work included literary studies, pedagogy, and literature. Aaron was educated at the University of Michigan and Harvard University. He spoke English.
His notable works include *Buying the Farm*, *America in Crisis 14 Crucial Episodes In*, *Art of Spiritual Leadership*, and *Writers on the left*. He also selected, edited, and wrote an introduction for *PAUL ELMER MORE'S SHELBURNE ESSAYS ON AMERICAN LITERATURE*. Aaron was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Council of Learned Societies.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal. He was also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Aaron died of pneumonia in Cambridge on April 30, 2016. His death was caused by natural causes.
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- Buying the Farm
- America in Crisis 14 Crucial Episodes In
- PAUL ELMER MORE'S SHELBURNE ESSAYS ON AMERICAN LITERATURE. Selected and edited and with introduction by Daniel Aaron
- Art of Spiritual Leadership
- Writers on the left (Discus Books)
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- Given name
- Daniel
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- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- academic
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Smith College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- literature
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- date of birth
- 1912-08-04
- date of death
- 2016-04-30
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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- manner of death
- natural causes
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Daniel Aaron (* 4. August 1912 in Chicago, Illinois; † 30. April 2016) war ein US-amerikanischer Historiker und Amerikanist. Er schloss 1933 sein Studium an der University of Michigan ab, arbeitete außerhalb der Universität und erwarb 1943 als erster den PhD der Universität Harvard in American Civilization (Nordamerikanistik). Sein Mentor in Harvard war Perry Miller. Aaron lehrte von 1939 bis 1971 am Smith College. Von 1971 bis zu seinem Ruhestand 1983 lehrte er als Victor S. Thomas Professor für Englische und Amerikanische Literatur in Harvard. 1973 wurde er in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences und 1997 in die American Academy of Arts and Letters aufgenommen. Aarons Buch Writers on the Left, seine bekannteste Arbeit, stellt die kommunistische Schriftstellerelite der USA der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts vor, Autoren wie Max Eastman, , Floyd Dell, John Reed, Mike Gold, Howard Fast, Joseph Freeman (Herausgeber der New Masses) und Sympathisanten wie Edmund Wilson, Malcolm Cowley, Theodore Dreiser oder Langston Hughes. Im Jahr 1985 gab Aaron The Inman Diaries heraus, eine zweibändige Auswahl aus dem ursprünglich 155-bändigen Tagebuch von .
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