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NAME: Malcolm Cowley
OCCUPATION: Historian, Literary Critic, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: August 24, 1898
DEATH DATE: March 27, 1989
EDUCATION: Harvard University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Belsano, Pennsylvania
PLACE OF DEATH: New Milford, Connecticut

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Malcolm Crowley was a literary critic and social historian who took part in Depression-era political debate.

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Malcolm Cowley was literary editor of the New Republic (1929–44) and took part in many Depression-era literary and political battles, usually on the leftist side. He revived the reputation of William Faulkner with The Portable Faulkner. His books include Exile's Return, a history of expatriate American writers, and The Literary Situation, on the role of writers in society.

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