Harold Bloom

American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930-2019).

Born July 11th, 1930 in New York City. [ref]

Died October 14th, 2019 at 89 years old in New Haven. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, literary historian, professor, writer
Website
english.yale.edu/people/tenured-and-tenure-track-faculty-professors/harold-bloom
Wikipedia
Harold_Bloom

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel