John Tytell | |
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| Born | 1939 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | City College of New York New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, writer |
| Employer | Queens College, City University of New York |
| Spouse | Mellon Tytell |
John Tytell (born 1939) is an American writer and academic.[1] He is professor emeritus of modern American literature at Queens College, City University of New York.[2][3][1]
Tytell's works on literary figures such as Jack Kerouac, Ezra Pound,[4] Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, and William S. Burroughs have made him a leading scholar of the Beat Generation.[5] He has written for the American Scholar, Partisan Review, New York Times, and Vanity Fair.[1]