Baker, Carlos, 1909-1987

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Birth 1909-05-05
Death 1987-04-18
Americans,
English,

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Carlos Baker was professor of English literature and chair of the English Dept. at Princeton University, and Ernest Hemingway's official biographer.

From the description of Carlos Baker letters to John C. Buck, 1953-1961. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41901194

American literary critic, poet, and novelist, Baker is best known for his biography of Ernest Hemingway. He was a professor of English at Princeton, 1938-1953, and its Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature from 1953 to his retirement in 1977.

From the description of Carlos Baker collection of Ernest Hemingway, [1800s]-1987 (bulk 1918-1961). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 175691194

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  • Authors, American
  • Novelists, American
  • Nobel Prizes
  • Pulitzer Prizes

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