John Crowe Ransom

John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom at Kenyon College in 1941. Photo by Robie Macauley.
Born	(1888-04-30)April 30, 1888 Pulaski, Tennessee, US
Died	July 3, 1974(1974-07-03) (aged 86) Gambier, Ohio, US
Resting place	Kenyon College Cemetery, Gambier, Ohio
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University (B.A.) Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.)
Occupations	Educator scholar literary critic poet essayist
Employer	Kenyon College
Known for	New Criticism school of literary criticism
Partner	Robb Reavill
Awards	Rhodes Scholarship, Bollingen Prize for Poetry, National Book Award

John Crowe Ransom (April 30, 1888 – July 3, 1974) was an American educator, scholar, literary critic, poet, essayist and editor. He is considered to be a founder of the New Criticism school of literary criticism. As a faculty member at Kenyon College, he was the first editor of the widely regarded Kenyon Review. Highly respected as a teacher and mentor to a generation of accomplished students, he also was a prize-winning poet and essayist. He was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[1]