Philip Rahv, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philip Rahv

American writer

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1908

Place of Birth: Kupyn, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1973

Profession: journalist, literary critic, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Philip Rahv (March 10, 1908 in Kupin, Ukraine – December 22, 1973 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American literary critic and essayist.
In 1933 he and William Phillips co-founded Partisan Review, one of the most influential literary periodicals in the first half of the twentieth century.
Initially affiliated with the Communist Party and adhering to their agenda of proletarian literature, Rahv went on to publish a broad spectrum of modern writers in the pages of his magazine.
He was one of the first to introduce Kafka to American readers.