Walter Jackson Bate
Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson (1978) and John Keats (1964). Samuel Johnson also won the 1978 U.S. National Book Award in Biography.
Walter Jackson Bate | |
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| Born | May 23, 1918 Mankato, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 1999 (aged 81) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD) |
| Genre | Literary criticism, biography |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize National Book Award |
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