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Also known as Mark Albert Van Doren

American poet and literary critic (1894–1972)

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Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and critic. He was born in the town of Hope in Vermilion County, Illinois. The son of the county's doctor, he was raised on his family's farm in eastern Illinois. He was the younger brother of the academic Carl Van Doren. Mark Van Doren earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1914 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1920. Van Doren then taught at Columbia from 1920 to 1959 and twice served on the st

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human
Given name
Mark
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Vermilion County
Place of death
Torrington
Occupation
film critic
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
doctorate
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date of birth
1894-06-13
date of death
1972-12-10
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writing language
English language
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Anne Frank House
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