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Older alumni, many of whom came to Columbia to "take Trilling," look back on his presence fondly. | Older alumni, many of whom came to Columbia to "take Trilling," look back on his presence fondly. | ||
| − | The [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] and the [[Lionel Trilling Seminars]] were both established in his memory in [[1976]], the year following his death. | + | Trilling was a recipient of the [[Mark Van Doren Award]]. The [[Lionel Trilling Book Award]] and the [[Lionel Trilling Seminars]] were both established in his memory in [[1976]], the year following his death. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 23:51, 19 November 2007
Lionel Trilling CC '25 MA '36 PhD '38 was a famous literary critic and a University Professor at Columbia. While a student here, Trilling won a Kellett Fellowship to study at the University of Cambridge.
Among other achievements, Trilling was instrumental in the development of the Core. With Jacques Barzun, he co-taught a precursor to Core classes known as the Colloquium on Important Books, and was later a frequent instructor in the proto-Lit Hum class known as Humanities A.
Trilling was also a mentor to a young Norman Podhoretz.
Older alumni, many of whom came to Columbia to "take Trilling," look back on his presence fondly.
Trilling was a recipient of the Mark Van Doren Award. The Lionel Trilling Book Award and the Lionel Trilling Seminars were both established in his memory in 1976, the year following his death.
