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He died at a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 14, 2019. He was 89 years old. [7]
4 days ago · Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died October 14, 2019, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American literary critic known for his innovative interpretations of literary history and of the creation of literature.
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Oct 15, 2019 · Harold Bloom, world-renowned literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale, died on Oct. 14 in New Haven. He was 89 years old. Bloom was widely regarded as the most recognized literary critic in America.
Oct 15, 2019 · Harold Bloom was a rarity: a best-selling and widely known literary critic. Affectionately dubbed the "King Kong" of criticism, Bloom died Monday at the age of 89, at a hospital in New...
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Oct 26, 2019 · He was a monument of memory and exposition, a rock round which eager pupils gathered. But to his mind he was also a tired creature who was losing, or had lost, a war.
Oct 15, 2019 · Harold Bloom, best-selling literary critic and Yale professor, has died at the age of 89. Bloom’s wife Jeanne confirmed that he had died at a New Haven, Connecticut, hospital after a period...
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Bloom, who has died aged 89, wrote more than 20 books and prided himself on making scholarly topics accessible to the general reader. Although he frequently bemoaned the decline of literary...