Edmund Wilson

Edmund Wilson was an American writer, literary critic, and journalist.
* He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1895.
* He graduated from Princeton University in 1916.
* He worked as a journalist for Vanity Fair and The New Republic.
* He was a book reviewer for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books.
* He was the author of more than 20 books, including Axel's Castle, Patriotic Gore, and Memoirs of Hecate County.
* He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
* He died in 1972 at the age of 77.

Wilson is considered one of the most important literary critics of the 20th century. His work was wide-ranging and insightful, and he was known for his sharp wit and his ability to connect literature to the larger social and political context.