Fred Kaplan
Born1937 (age 86–87)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
OccupationBiographer
Alma materBrooklyn College (B.A.)
Columbia University (Ph.D.)

Fred Kaplan (born 1937) is distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1937 in The Bronx, New York, and attended Lafayette High School and Brooklyn College.[2]

Books

He is the author of several biographies.[3] His book Thomas Carlyle was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award,[4] and the Pulitzer Prize.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Graduate Center, CUNY - Fred Kaplan". Gc.cuny.edu. September 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Tara George, "He's a Star at Queens College". New York Daily News, Dec 12, 1996.
  3. ^ Kaplan, Fred. "Results for 'au:Kaplan, Fred,'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "Biography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  6. ^ A. D. Hutter. (October 23, 1988). "Boz Abounding DICKENS: A BIOGRAPHY by Fred Kaplan". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2012. Kaplan's critical insights into Dickens' work always concentrate on the connections between the life and related fictional projections of the self. The result is a critical reading of Dickens' works at once original and unified, always subordinated to the primary enterprise of biography itself.

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