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M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe) Howe
1864–1960
A graceful literary biographer and editor, he helped shape American letters while writing deeply researched lives of major figures. His work earned wide respect, including the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
1 Audiobook
Memories of a Hostess: A Chronicle of Eminent Friendships Drawn Chiefly from the Diaries of Mrs. James T. Fields
by M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe) Howe, Annie Fields
About the author
Born in Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1864, M. A. De Wolfe Howe became known as an American editor, biographer, and man of letters. He studied at Lehigh University and Harvard, then built a career that linked him closely with the literary world of Boston and the wider United States.
Howe worked with The Atlantic, serving first as assistant editor and later as an officer of the magazine's company. Alongside his editorial work, he wrote biographies, memoirs, and literary studies, often focusing on writers and public figures whose lives called for both sympathy and careful scholarship.
He is especially remembered for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1925 for Barrett Wendell and His Letters. Howe died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1960, leaving behind a body of work that reflects a lifelong devotion to books, authors, and literary history.