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He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1956 for The Age of Reform, an analysis of the populism movement in the 1890s and the progressive movement of the early 20th century; and then in 1964 for the cultural history Anti-intellectualism in American Life.

Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906–June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature. He was co-founder of the academic discipline “American studies.” He was also a noted Mark Twain scholar, and the curator of the Mark Twain Papers. He taught at University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Southern Methodist University, and University […]

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