Alfred Kazin
Alfred Kazin · Arts & Literature
Literary & drama critic
1915, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1998, New York City, United States
United States (New York)
Alfred Kazin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
American literary critic and essayist, one of the leading 'New York Intellectuals.' His study 'On Native Grounds' (1942) and the memoir 'A Walker in the City' are classics of American criticism. Born to a Jewish immigrant family in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, he was Jewish, and Jewish immigrant experience shaped much of his writing.
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Literary & drama critic
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