John W. Aldridge
John W. Aldridge (September 26, 1922 – February 7, 2007) was an American writer, literary critic, teacher and scholar. He was a professor of English at the University of Michigan, director of the Hopwood Program, and USIA Special Ambassador to Germany.
John W. Aldridge | |
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| Born | John Watson Aldridge September 26, 1922 Sioux City, Iowa, United States |
| Died | February 7, 2007 (aged 84) Madison, Georgia, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, critic, essayist, professor |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1940–1943) Middlebury College (1942) University of California at Berkeley (1947) |
| Notable works | After the Lost Generation, In Search of Heresy: American Literature in an Age of Conformity |
| Notable awards | Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (1976) |
| Spouse | Patsy Aldridge |
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