Louis Kronenberger

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Louis Kronenberger
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Louis Kronenberger (1955)
Photo by Carl Van Vechten
BornDecember 9, 1904
United States
DiedApril 30, 1980(1980-04-30) (aged 75)
United States
Occupation Novelist, critic
Genre Journalism, biographer
Time, where Kronenberger worked (1938-1961) Time Magazine logo.svg
Time, where Kronenberger worked (1938–1961)

Louis Kronenberger (December 9, 1904 April 30, 1980) was an American literary critic (longest with Time , 1938-1961), novelist, and biographer who wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century. [1]

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Background

Kronenberger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louis Kronenberger Sr., a merchant, and Mabel Newwitter. Kronenberger attended, but did not graduate from, the University of Cincinnati from 1921 to 1924. [1]

Career

Writer

He moved to New York in 1924 and began his career at the New York Times . [1] In 1926, he became an editor at Boni & Liveright and in 1933, at Alfred A. Knopf. [1]

In 1938, he became drama critic for Time, where he continued to write until 1961. [1] In 1940, William Saroyan listed Kronenberger among the associate editors at Time in the play, Love's Old Sweet Song. [2] Starting in 1942, he worked under Whittaker Chambers, who became editor for the "Back of the Book" (1942-1944). [3] During this period Time was, according to Chambers, "consistently able and sometimes brilliant, because of a small group of men" that included Kronenberger, T. S. Matthews, James Agee, Robert Fitzgerald, Robert Cantwell, Winthrop Sargeant, John K. Jessup, and Calvin Fixx. [4]

In 1940, he also served as a critic for PM and worked there until 1948. [1]

Academic

Kronenberger was a visiting professor at several universities, including City College of New York, Columbia, Harvard, Berkeley. [1] In 1951, he founded a Department of Theater Arts at Brandeis. [1]

He was associated with numerous organizations for promoting the arts: Yaddo, Lincoln Center Library-Museum, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. [5]

Personal and death

Kronenberger married Emily L. Plaut in 1940; they had two children. [1]

He died on April 30, 1980. [1]

Legacy

"Kronenberger's praise was a near guarantee of box-office success." [5]

A collection of Louis Kronenberger's papers is held by Princeton University. [1]

Works

John Wilkes by Richard Houston (1769), about whom Kronenberger wrote in 1974 John Wilkes after Richard Houston.jpg
John Wilkes by Richard Houston (1769), about whom Kronenberger wrote in 1974

In his later years, Kronenberger wrote biographies, including one of John Wilkes and another of Oscar Wilde. [1] [5]

Books:

Editing:

Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony (1882), about whom Kronenberger wrote in 1976 Oscar Wilde MET DP136272.jpg
Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony (1882), about whom Kronenberger wrote in 1976

Books edited with others:

Plays written:

Plays translated, adapted:

Plays edited:

Plays edited with others:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Louis Kronenberger Papers". Princeton University. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. Saroyan, William (1940). Love's Old Sweet Song: A Play in Three Acts. Samuel French. p. 72. Retrieved 15 July 2017..
  3. Tanenhaus, Sam (1997). Whittaker Chambers: A Biography. New York: Random House. pp. 170–171 (Kronenberger), 173 (Back of the Book editor). ISBN   9780307789266 . Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  4. Chambers, Whittaker (1952). Witness. New York: Random House. p. 478. ISBN   9780394452333 . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Funston, Judith E. (1999). Kronenberger, Louis. American National Biography.