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The Kenyon Review is a literary journal based in Gambier, Ohio, USA, home of Kenyon College. A literary magazine is a Periodical devoted to Literature in a broad sense Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1871 at the 2000 census. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church The Review was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959. The year 1939 in literature involved some significant events and new books John Crowe Ransom ( April 30, 1888, Pulaski Tennessee - July 3, 1974, Gambier Ohio) was an American Poet The year 1959 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Review has published early works by generations of important writers, including Robert Penn Warren, Ford Madox Ford, Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, Flannery O'Connor, Boris Pasternak, Bertolt Brecht, Peter Taylor, Dylan Thomas, Anthony Hecht, Maya Angelou, Rita Dove, Derek Walcott, Woody Allen, Louise Erdrich, William Empson, Linda Gregg, Mark Van Doren, Kenneth Burke, Delmore Schwartz, and Ha Jin. Robert Penn Warren (April 24 1905 &ndash September 15 1989 was an American poet Novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. Ford Madox Ford ( December 17, 1873 &ndash June 26, 1939) was an English Novelist, Poet, Critic Robert Lowell (March 1 1917&ndashSeptember 12 1977 born Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV, was an American Poet whose works confessional in nature Delmore Schwartz ( December 8, 1913 &ndash July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short-story writer from Brooklyn, Mary Flannery O'Connor ( March 25 1925 &ndash August 3 1964) was an American Novelist, Short-story Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к ( — May 30, 1960) was a Nobel Prize -winning Soviet (born; 10 February 1898&ndash14 August 1956 was a German Poet, Playwright, and Theatre director. Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 was a Welsh poet who wrote exclusively in English Anthony Evan Hecht, ( January 16 1923 &ndash October 20 2004) was an American Poet. Maya Angelou (ˈmaɪə ˈændʒəloʊ (born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928) is an American Poet, Memoirist Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA is an American Poet and Author. Derek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a West Indies poet playwright writer and visual artist who writes mainly in English. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Karen Louise Erdrich (born June 7, 1954) is a Native American author of Novels Poetry, and children's books. Sir William Empson ( 27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English Literary critic Linda Alouise Gregg (born September 9 1942 in Suffern, New York) is an award-winning American poet. Mark Van Doren ( June 13, 1894 &ndash December 10, 1972) was an American Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and critic Kenneth Duva Burke ( May 5 1897 – November 19 1993) was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. Delmore Schwartz ( December 8, 1913 &ndash July 11, 1966) was an American poet and short-story writer from Brooklyn, Jīn Xuěfēi ( Simplified Chinese: 金雪飞 Traditional Chinese: 金雪飛 born February 21, 1956) is a contemporary Chinese-American [1]

The magazine's short stories have won more O. Henry Awards than any other nonprofit journal—-most recently, two in 2004. The O Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit Many poems that first appeared in the quarterly have been reprinted in The Best American Poetry series, and the magazine is one of the most frequent sources for the series, where poems originally in The Kenyon Review have appeared in the editions for 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2006. The Best American Poetry 1992, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Charles Simic The Best American Poetry 1993, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Louise Glück The Best American Poetry 1994, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor A The Best American Poetry 1996, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Adrienne Rich The Best American Poetry 1997, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor James Tate The Best American Poetry 1999, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor John Hollander The Best American Poetry 2001, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Robert Hass The Best American Poetry 2002, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman, with poems chosen by guest editor The Best American Poetry 2003, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Yusef Komunyakaa The Best American Poetry 2006, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman (general editor and poet Billy

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During his 21-year tenure as head of the magazine, John Crowe Ransom made it, according to the magazine's Web site, "perhaps the best known and most influential literary magazine in the English-speaking world during the 1940s and '50s. Kenyon College is a private liberal arts college in Gambier Ohio, founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase of the The Episcopal Church John Kinsella (born 1963 is an Australian poet novelist critic essayist and editor Claire Messud (born 1966 is an American Novelist. Background Born in Toulon, France (like her sister Messud grew up in the James Wood (born 1965 in Durham) is an English literary critic and Novelist. David Bergman (b1950 is an American writer and English professor at Towson University. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (born January 6, 1931, New York New York) is an American Author whose critically acclaimed and award winning fiction Daniel Mark Epstein (born 25 October 1948 in Washington DC) is an American poet dramatist and biographer Alice Fulton (born in Troy New York, USA is a United States Poet and Author. Amitav Ghosh (born 1956 is an Indian Bengali author known for his work in the English language. Rachel Hadas ( November 8, 1948 −) is an American Poet, teacher essayist and translator Michael Steven Harper (born March 18, 1938) is an American poet from Brooklyn who has published ten books of poetry John Hollander (born October 28, 1929 in New York City) is an American Poet and literary Critic. Lewis Hyde is a scholar and writer whose scholarly work focuses on the nature of Imagination, Creativity, and Property. Rebecca McClanahan is the current Democratic Representative of the second district of the Missouri House of Representatives, including parts of Putnam Reginald McKnight is an American Short story Author and Novelist. Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16 1938) is an American author and the Roger S Mary Michael David Wood (born 23 July 1948 in Moston, Manchester) is a popular English Historian and broadcaster John Crowe Ransom ( April 30, 1888, Pulaski Tennessee - July 3, 1974, Gambier Ohio) was an American Poet "[1]

A decade after Ransom left the magazine, in 1969, Kenyon College closed it down as its reputation dropped and financial burdens continued. In 1979, however, the quarterly was started up again. Marilyn Hacker, a poet, became the magazine's first full-time editor. Marilyn Hacker (born 1942 is an American Poet, critic and reviewer "She quickly broadened the quarterly's scope to include more minority and marginalized viewpoints," according to the magazine. [1]

In April 1994, the college trustees directed that costs be cut and revenues increased in various ways. Hacker left and an English professor at the college, David H. Lynn (acting editor in 1989-90), took over on a two-thirds time basis. The publications finances have stabilized and improved and a Kenyon Review Board of Trustees has been set up. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d [1]"History" Web page at the Kenyon Review Web site, accessed January 26, 2007

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