About
Writer and scholar who helped to establish the Library of America, a non-profit publisher of American classic novels. He also published The Americanist, an autobiography, in 2007.
Before Fame
He attended both the University of Michigan and Harvard University. He published his first work, Men of Good Hope, in 1951.
Trivia
He taught English and American Literature at Smith College and Harvard University and published numerous scholarly articles during his university tenure.
Family Life
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He later relocated to Massachusetts.
Associated With
He and fellow author Renata Adler were both inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
