Justin Kaplan (1925–2014)
Author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography
About the Author
Justin Kaplan was born in Manhattan, New York on September 5, 1925. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University, followed by graduate work in the field there, but he left before earning a doctorate to work as a freelance writer and book editor. His first book, Mr. Clemens and show more Mark Twain, won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1967 and a National Book Award. His other works include Lincoln Steffens: A Biography, When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age, and Walt Whitman: A Life, which won a National Book Award. He also wrote books with his wife Anne Bernays including The Language of Names and Back Then: Two Lives in 1950s New York. He was the editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease on March 2, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Justin Kaplan
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age (2006) — Author — 386 copies
Mark Twain, a Profile 3 copies
With malice toward women; a handbook for women-haters drawn from the best minds of all time (1952) 2 copies
Aristotle 1 copy
Mark Twain 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 451 copies
The Pocket Aristotle: Selections from physics, psychology, metaphysics, Nicomachean ethics, politics, poetics (1958) — Editor, some editions; Preface, some editions — 413 copies
Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians (1999) — Contributor — 109 copies
Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature (2007) — Contributor — 90 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kaplan, Justin
- Legal name
- Kaplan, Justin Daniel
- Birthdate
- 1925-09-05
- Date of death
- 2014-03-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Harvard College (AB|English|1944)
- Occupations
- editor
biographer - Relationships
- Bernays, Anne (spouse)
- Organizations
- Simon & Schuster
Bartlett's - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1985)
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Reviews
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 1,845
- Popularity
- #13,951
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 26
- ISBNs
- 40
- Languages
- 1
A birthday present from Leslie--can't wait to dive into it tonight!