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Edel, Leon
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9 Sep. 1907-5 Sep. 1997
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Joseph Leon Edel was a North American literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel. The Encyclopædia Britannica calls Edel "the foremost 20th-century authority on the life and works of Henry James." His work on James won him both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.
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CA QUA10307
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Biographical sketch from Wikipedia entry on Leon Edel at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Edel (accessed on 2019-08-28).