Biography

Alfred Kazin was born on June 5, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He died on June 5, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.

Literary critic, memoirist, cultural historian.

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 308-309. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Brother-in-law of Daniel Bell.

[on Philip Roth] Roth is essentially a savage writer: no nuances, and above all, no love.