Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin (June 5, 1915 – June 5, 1998) was an American writer and literary critic. His literary reviews appeared in The New York Times, the New York Herald-Tribune, The New Republic and The New Yorker. He wrote often about the immigrant experience in early twentieth-century America. His trilogy of memoirs, A Walker in the City (1951), Starting Out in the Thirties (1965) and New York Jew (1978), were all finalists for the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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| Born | May 5, 1915 Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City |
| Died | May 5, 1998 (aged 83) Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City |
| Nationality | American |
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| Spouse(s) | Natasha Dohn (divorced) Caroline Bookman (divorced) Ann Birstein (1952-1982) Judith Dunford (1983-1998) |
| Children | 2 |
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He was a distinguished professor of English at State University of New York (1963-1973) and the Graduate Center of City University of New York (1973-1978, 1979-1985).
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