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Louis Kronenberger Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Dec 9, 1904
  • Died: Apr 30, 1980

Louis Kronenberger (December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980) was an American critic and author. He was a novelist and biographer, and wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century.

He studied at the University of Cincinnati from 1921. In 1924 he went to New York, working on the New York Times, then in publishing and on Fortune.

He was a drama critic for Time Magazine from 1938 to 1961, mentioned by Whittaker Chambers in his 1952 memoir. Then he was theater arts professor at Brandeis University.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. relationships

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy. poetry

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. aging & time

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