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American poet (1894–1972)

Mark Van Doren
Born	(1894-06-13)June 13, 1894 Hope, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1972(1972-12-10) (aged 78) Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation
Education	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Notable works	Shakespeare (1939) A Liberal Education (1943)
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1940 for Collected Poems 1922–1938 Academy of American Poets' Fellowship (1967)
Spouse	Dorothy Van Doren
Children	2, including Charles Van Doren
Relatives	Carl Van Doren (brother) Adam Van Doren (grandson)

Mark Van Doren (June 13, 1894 – December 10, 1972) was an American poet, writer and critic.

He was a scholar and a professor of English at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, where he inspired a generation of influential writers and thinkers including Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, John Berryman, Whittaker Chambers, and Beat Generation write