Richard Poirier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard Poirier
American literary critic
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1925
Place of Birth: Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 15-Aug-2009
Profession: academic
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Richard Poirier
- Richard Poirier (born Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 9, 1925, died New York City, August 15, 2009) was an American literary critic. He co-founded the Library of America, and served as chairman of its board.
- He was the Marius Bewley Professor of American and English Literature at Rutgers University.
- He was also the editor of Raritan, a literary quarterly, and an editor of Partisan Review.
- He was series editor of Prize Stories: The O.
- Henry Awards from 1961 to 1966. In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.He graduated from Amherst College, Yale University, and Harvard University, and also studied under the literary critic F.
- R.
- Leavis at Downing College, Cambridge on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Read more at Wikipedia