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Lionel Trilling

Lionel TrillingBorn: 4-Jul-1905
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 5-Nov-1975
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Critic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Liberal Imagination

Father: David Trilling
Mother: Fannie Cohen
Wife: Diana Trilling (b. 1905, m. 12-Jun-1929, d. 1996, one son)
Son: James (b. 1947)

    University: BA, Columbia University (1925)
    University: MA, Columbia University (1926)
    University: PhD, Columbia University (1938)
    Professor: University of Wisconsin (1926-27)
    Professor: Hunter College (1927-30)
    Professor: Columbia University (1927-74)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Author of books:
The Middle of the Journey (1947, novel)
The Liberal Imagination (1950, essays)
Freud and the Crisis of Our Culture (1955, nonfiction)
The Opposing Self (1955, essays)
A Gathering of Fugitives (1956, essays)
Beyond Culture (1965, essays)
Sincerity and Authenticity (1972, essays)
Mind in the Modern World (1972, essays)


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