Walter Jackson Bate

Walter Jackson Bate
BornMay 23, 1918
Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1999(1999-07-26) (aged 81)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationProfessor
Alma materHarvard University (AB, AM, PhD)
GenreLiterary criticism, biography
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize
National Book Award

Walter Jackson Bate (May 23, 1918 – July 26, 1999) was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson (1978) and John Keats (1964).[1] Samuel Johnson also won the 1978 U.S. National Book Award in Biography.[2]

  1. ^ "Biography or Autobiography". Past winners and finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-17.

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