Philip Rahv
Philip Rahv · Arts & Literature
Literary & drama critic
1908, Kupin, Ukraine (Russian Empire) — 1973, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Ukraine · United States
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Rahv (born Ivan Greenberg) was an American literary and cultural critic who co-founded and long edited 'Partisan Review', the leading journal of the New York Intellectuals, and wrote influential essays such as 'Paleface and Redskin'. Born to a Jewish family in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States and became a central figure in mid-century American letters. He shaped debates linking literature, modernism and politics.
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Literary & drama critic
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