Canonical name: Brown, E. K.
Legal name: Brown, Edward Killoran
Other names: Brown, Eddie
Brown, Ed
Birthdate: 1905-08-15
Date of death: 1951-04-24
Gender: male
Nationality: Canada
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Places of residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Paris, France
Education: University of Toronto
The Sorbonne, Paris, France
Occupations: university teacher
editor
Organizations: University of Toronto
University of Manitoba
Cornell University
University of Chicago
Awards and honors: Lorne Pierce Medal (1951)
Governor General's Award
Short biography: Brown, Edward Killoran [E.K., Eddie, Ed]
(1905–51) Educated at the University of Toronto and at the Sorbonne in Paris, Brown taught English at University College, Toronto (1929–35; 1937–41), the University of Manitoba (1935–37), Cornell University (1941–44), and the University of Chicago (1944–51). Author of scholarly works on a range of subjects from Matthew Arnold to Edith Wharton, Brown was also one of the first critics to write seriously about Canadian literature, winning the Governor-General's award for 1943 for his On Canadian Poetry. He was an editor of The University of Toronto Quarterly (1932–41), for which he wrote the annual survey of Canadian literature, and in 1941 was guest editor of a special 'Canadian' issue of Poetry (Chicago).

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Willa Cather: A critical biography by Edward K. Brown

"One of the great American novelists of the 20th century has been brought to vivid life by scholar and biographer Edward K. Brown in Willa Cather. The biography traces Willa Cather's life as it was illuminated by her art -- from her lifelong fascination with Nebraska and the Southwest, where she found the beauty and raw power that inspired O Pioneers! and My Antonia, to the compelling religious experiences that influenced The Professor's House and Death Comes for the Archbishop. Completed by award-winning biographer Leon Eden following Brown's sudden death, this biography chronicles the life and spirit of one of America's greatest woman writers." from book cover… (more)

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Willa Cather: A Critical Biography by Edward K Brown

1082 Willa Cather: A Critical Biography, by E. K. Brown completed by Leon Edel (read 24 Sep 1970) Having now read all of Cather's novels except Alexander's Bridge, I read this biography. It is mostly concerned with her works and since I have read eight of her novels this month I enjoyed the book. Cather is a great writer . She was born Dec 7, 1873 in Virginia, moved to Webster County, Neb., in 1884, attended the U. of Nebraska , went to Pittsburgh, and in 1912 gave up other work and wrote--she lived in New York by then, and till she died on Apr 24, 1947. Oddly enough, one of the trivial things I remember for no known reason is that on the day her death was reported in the Des Moines Register I noted the news story as I was walking outside of Keane Hall on the Loras College campus. She is buried at Jaffrey, N. H.… (more)

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