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[[File:Time_Magazine_logo.svg|thumb|right|[[Time (magazine)|Time]], where Kronenberger worked (1938–1961)]] |
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'''Louis Kronenberger''' (December 9, 1904{{spaced ndash}}April 30, 1980) was an American literary critic (longest with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', |
'''Louis Kronenberger''' (December 9, 1904{{spaced ndash}}April 30, 1980) was an American literary critic (longest with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 1938-1961), novelist, and biographer who wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century.<ref name=Papers>{{cite web| url = https://findingaids.princeton.edu/collections/C1406| title = Louis Kronenberger Papers| publisher = Princeton University| date = | accessdate = 15 July 2017}}</ref> |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Kronenberger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louis Kronenberger Sr., a merchant, and Mabel Newwitter. |
Kronenberger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louis Kronenberger Sr., a merchant, and Mabel Newwitter. Kronenberger attended, but did not graduate from, the [[University of Cincinnati]] from 1921 to 1924.<ref name=Papers /> |
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Kronenberger attended (but did not graduate from) the [[University of Cincinnati]] (1921–24).<ref name=Papers /> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Writer=== |
===Writer=== |
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He moved to New York in 1924 and began his career at the ''[[New York Times]]''.<ref name=Papers /> In 1926, he became an editor at [[Boni & Liveright]] and in 1933, at [[Alfred A. Knopf]].<ref name=Papers /> |
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In 1938, he became drama critic for [[Time magazine|''Time'']], where he continued to 1961.<ref name=Papers /> In 1940, [[William Saroyan]] listed Kronenberger among the associate editors at ''Time'' in the play, ''Love's Old Sweet Song''.<ref> |
In 1938, he became drama critic for [[Time magazine|''Time'']], where he continued to write until 1961.<ref name=Papers /> In 1940, [[William Saroyan]] listed Kronenberger among the associate editors at ''Time'' in the play, ''Love's Old Sweet Song''.<ref> |
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| accessdate = 7 August 2017}}</ref> He continued to work for ''Time'' until 1961.<ref name=Papers /> |
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In 1940, he also served as a critic for [[PM (newspaper)|''PM'']] and worked there until 1948.<ref name=Papers /> |
In 1940, he also served as a critic for [[PM (newspaper)|''PM'']] and worked there until 1948.<ref name=Papers /> |
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===Academic=== |
===Academic=== |
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Kronenberger was a visiting professor at several universities, including [[City College of New York]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]].<ref name=Papers /> In 1951 |
Kronenberger was a visiting professor at several universities, including [[City College of New York]], [[Columbia University|Columbia]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[University of California, Berkeley|Berkeley]].<ref name=Papers /> In 1951, he founded a Department of Theater Arts at [[Brandeis University|Brandeis]].<ref name=Papers /> |
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He was associated with numerous organizations for promoting the arts: [[Yaddo]], [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center Library-Museum]], the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]], and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=Funston> |
He was associated with numerous organizations for promoting the arts: [[Yaddo]], [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center Library-Museum]], the [[National Institute of Arts and Letters]], and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=Funston> |
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==Personal and death== |
==Personal and death== |
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Kronenberger married Emily L. Plaut in 1940; they had two children |
Kronenberger married Emily L. Plaut in 1940; they had two children : Liza Wanklyn and John Kronenberger <ref name=Papers /> |
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He died on April 30, 1980.<ref name=Papers /> |
He died on April 30, 1980.<ref name=Papers /> |
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* ''Madame De Lafayette: The Story of a Patriot's Wife'' (1959) |
* ''Madame De Lafayette: The Story of a Patriot's Wife'' (1959) |
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* ''A Month of Sundays'' (1961)<ref name=Papers /> |
* ''A Month of Sundays'' (1961)<ref name=Papers /> |
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* ''The Viking Book of Aphorisms'' (1962) |
* ''The Viking Book of Aphorisms'' (co-authored with W.H. Auden, 1962) |
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* ''Great World: Portraits and Scenes from Greville's Memoirs, 1814-1860'' (1963) |
* ''Great World: Portraits and Scenes from Greville's Memoirs, 1814-1860'' (1963) |
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* ''The Cart and the Horse'' (1964) |
* ''The Cart and the Horse'' (1964) |
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* ''Brief Lives: a Biographical Companion to the Arts'' (1971) |
* ''Brief Lives: a Biographical Companion to the Arts'' (1971) |
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[[File:Oscar Wilde MET DP136272.jpg|thumb|right| [[Oscar Wilde]] by [[Napoleon Sarony]] (1882), about whom Kronenberger wrote in 1976]] |
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'''Books edited with others:''' |
'''Books edited with others:''' |
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[[Category:Novelists from Massachusetts]] |
[[Category:Novelists from Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American male writers]] |
[[Category:20th-century American male writers]] |
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[[Category:Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters]] |
Louis Kronenberger
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Born | December 9, 1904 United States |
Died | April 30, 1980(1980-04-30) (aged 75) United States |
Occupation | Novelist, critic |
Genre | Journalism, biographer |
Louis Kronenberger (December 9, 1904 – April 30, 1980) was an American literary critic (longest with Time, 1938-1961), novelist, and biographer who wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century.[1]
Kronenberger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louis Kronenberger Sr., a merchant, and Mabel Newwitter. Kronenberger attended, but did not graduate from, the University of Cincinnati from 1921 to 1924.[1]
He moved to New York in 1924 and began his career at the New York Times.[1] In 1926, he became an editor at Boni & Liveright and in 1933, at Alfred A. Knopf.[1]
In 1938, he became drama critic for Time, where he continued to write until 1961.[1] In 1940, William Saroyan listed Kronenberger among the associate editors at Time in the play, Love's Old Sweet Song.[2] Starting in 1942, he worked under Whittaker Chambers, who became editor for the "Back of the Book" (1942-1944).[3] During this period Time was, according to Chambers, "consistently able and sometimes brilliant, because of a small group of men" that included Kronenberger, T. S. Matthews, James Agee, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Cantwell, Winthrop Sargeant, John K. Jessup, and Calvin Fixx.[4]
In 1940, he also served as a critic for PM and worked there until 1948.[1]
Kronenberger was a visiting professor at several universities, including City College of New York, Columbia, Harvard, Berkeley.[1] In 1951, he founded a Department of Theater Arts at Brandeis.[1]
He was associated with numerous organizations for promoting the arts: Yaddo, Lincoln Center Library-Museum, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]
Kronenberger married Emily L. Plaut in 1940; they had two children : Liza Wanklyn and John Kronenberger [1]
He died on April 30, 1980.[1]
"Kronenberger's praise was a near guarantee of box-office success."[5]
A collection of Louis Kronenberger's papers is held by Princeton University.[1]
In his later years, Kronenberger wrote biographies, including one of John Wilkes and another of Oscar Wilde.[1][5]
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