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Irving Howe

Irving Howe
Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan) · Public domain · source

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Irving Howe (né Horenstein; ; June 11, 1920 – May 5, 1993) was an American author, literary and social critic, and a key figure in the democratic socialist movement in the U.S. He co-founded and served as longtime editor of Dissent magazine. In 1976, he wrote the National Book Award-winning World of Our Fathers, a history of East European Jews who immigrated to America.

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Part of Postmodernism.

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