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Irving Howe

Who

Irving Howe · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Critic and historian of Jewish New York (World of Our Fathers)

When

1920, New York City, USA — 1993, New York City, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Irving Howe is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Critic and historian of Jewish New York (World of Our Fathers)

How & why

Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a leading democratic-socialist intellectual, whose National Book Award-winning World of Our Fathers (1976) chronicled the world of Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side. Born to Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants in the Bronx, he founded the journal Dissent. He was among the most cited humanities scholars of his era.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the 250 most-cited scholars in the Arts & Humanities

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Critic and historian of Jewish New York (World of Our Fathers)

1920

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the 250 most-cited scholars in the Arts & Humanities