John Crowe Ransom

John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in 1941. Photo by Robie Macauley.
Born(1888-04-30)April 30, 1888
DiedJuly 3, 1974(1974-07-03) (aged 86)
Resting placeKenyon College Cemetery, Gambier, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVanderbilt University (B.A.)
Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.)
Occupations
  • Educator
  • scholar
  • literary critic
  • poet
  • essayist
EmployerKenyon College
Known forNew Criticism school of literary criticism
PartnerRobb Reavill
AwardsRhodes Scholarship, Bollingen Prize for Poetry, National Book Award

John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]

  1. ^ "Nomination Archive - John Crowe Ransom". NobelPrize.org. March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.