Word: bated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anyone who ever sat through a lecture in English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," had to expect it. Last week, the awards committee down at Columbia made it official, awarding Walter Jackson Bate '39, Lowell Professor of the Humanities, a Pulitzer Prize for his massive biography, "Samuel Johnson...
...Bate, who teaches the popular English 140b, "The Age of Johnson," won the National Book Crities Circle Award earlier this year for the same biography, published last fall...
Harry Levin '33, Babbitt Professor of Comparative Literature, added "I don't think it could be better deserved-- Professor Bate has a remarkable power of empathy which makes him a first-rate biographer...
Each year the Association of American Publishers selects winners in seven categories. Bate received the award, which carries a $1000 stipend, for biography and autobiography...
...Bate accepted the award yesterday at ceremonies held at Carnegie Hall in New York City...