   edmund wilson (may 8, 1895 â june 12, 1972) was an american writer, literary and social critic, and man of letters. ==biography== ===early life=== wilson was born in red bank, new jersey. his parents were helen mather (nÃ©e kimball) and edmund wilson, sr., a lawyer who served as new jersey attorney general. wilson attended the hill school, a college preparatory boarding school in pottstown, pennsylvania, graduating in 1912. at hill, wilson served as the editor-in-chief of the school's literary magazine, the record. from 1912 to 1916, he was educated at princeton university. he began his professional writing career as a reporter for the new york sun, and served in the army with base hospital 36 from detroit, michigan, and later as a translator during the first world war. his family's summer home at talcottville, new york, known as edmund wilson house, was listed on the national register of historic places in 1973.... ===career=== wilson was the managing editor of vanity fair in 1920 and 1921, and later served as associate editor of the new republic and as a book rev
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