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Howard W. (Howard Willard) Cook
1890–1959
An early 20th-century American literary critic and author, he is best known for writing about contemporary poets and for a World War I-era biographical work on French flying ace Georges Guynemer. His books reflect a clear interest in literary lives, public figures, and the culture of his time.
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The Mentor: Guynemer, The Wingèd Sword of France, Vol. 6, Num. 18, Serial No. 166, November 1, 1918
by Howard W. (Howard Willard) Cook
About the author
Born in 1890 and known in print as Howard W. Cook, he is identified in library and reference records as an American literary critic and author. Surviving catalog records and digital-library listings show that he wrote Our Poets of Today in 1918, a survey of modern American poets aimed at general readers.
He also wrote The Mentor: Guynemer, The Wingèd Sword of France, another 1918 work, this time turning from literary criticism to biography and wartime heroism. Together, those books suggest a writer who was drawn both to literary culture and to concise, accessible portraits of notable people.
Reliable online sources about his personal life are limited, so many biographical details remain hard to confirm from readily available records. He died in 1959.