Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom
Born	(1930-07-11)July 11, 1930 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died	October 14, 2019(2019-10-14) (aged 89) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Literary critic, writer, professor
Education	Cornell University (B.A.) Yale University (PhD)
Literary movement	Aestheticism, Romanticism
Spouse	Jeanne Gould (m. 1958; 2 children)

Photo portrait from the dust jacket of Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism (1982)

Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University.^[1]

Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books,^[2] including twenty books of literary criticism, several books talking about religion, and a novel. He has edited hundreds of anthologies about many literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm.^[3][4] Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Bloom came to public attention in the United States as a commentator during the canon wars of the early 1990s.^[5]

Bloom died at a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut on October 14, 2019 at the age of 89.^[6]

References

1. "Faculty - English". english.yale.edu.
2. Miller, Mary Alice. "How Harold Bloom Selected His Top 12 American Authors". Vanity Fair.
3. Romano, Carlin (April 24, 2011). "Harold Bloom by the Numbers – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
4. "Colossus Among Critics: Harold Bloom". The New York Times.
5. Marc Redfield (2003). "Literature, Incorporated". In Peter C. Herman (ed.). Historicizing Theory. Suny Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7914-5962-1.
6. Smith, Dinitia (October 14, 2019). "Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 14, 2019.