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Edmund Wilson Playwright

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: May 8, 1895
  • Died: Jun 12, 1972

Edmund Wilson (May 8, 1895 - June 12, 1972) was an American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters.

Wilson was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. His parents were Helen Mather (née Kimball) and Edmund Wilson, Sr., a lawyer who served as New Jersey Attorney General. Wilson attended The Hill School, a college preparatory boarding school, in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1912. At Hill, Wilson served as the Editor-in-Chief of the school's literary magazine, The Record. From 1912 to 1916, he was educated at Princeton University. He began his professional writing career as a reporter for the New York Sun, and served in the army during the First World War. His family's summer home at Talcottville, New York, known as Edmund Wilson House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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