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Born	January 2, 1865 • New Haven • Connecticut
Died	August 21, 1943 (aged 78) • New Haven • Connecticut
Notable Works	essay
Subjects Of Study	Russian literature • novel

Jacob Glatstein

American author and literary critic

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Vladimir Nabokov

American author

Valentin Katayev

Soviet writer

Louis Adamic

American author

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

Viktor Shklovsky

Soviet author

Andrey Donatovich Sinyavsky

Russian writer

W.E.B. Du Bois

American sociologist, historian, and activist

Joyce Carol Oates

American author

Edith Wharton

American writer

H.L. Mencken

American writer

Samuel R. Delany

American author and critic

Louis Auchincloss

American author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

American poet and journalist

Anthony Boucher

American author, editor, and critic

Marya Mannes

American author and critic

Jessie Redmon Fauset

American author

Babette Deutsch

American poet, critic, translator, and novelist