Burton Rascoe

Burton Rascoe (October 22, 1892 - March 19, 1957), was an American journalist, editor and literary critic.

Born in Fulton, Kentucky, Rascoe grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma. From 1911 until 1913, he attended the University of Chicago where he joined Sigma Nu. While still a student, he started writing for the Chicago Tribune, where he continued working until 1920. In 1922, he became literary editor of the New York Tribune. He continued in that position until a merger turned the paper into the New York Herald Tribune in 1924. The writing and editorial staff he assembled included Isabel Paterson and Will Cuppy.

Rascoe continued to hold high-profile editorial jobs in the field of literary criticism and to write books of his own about literature and authors. His best-known work, "Titans of Literature", appeared in 1932.

References

*"Who Was Who in America", v. 3 (1951-1960), Chicago: Marquis - Who's Who, 1963, p. 711.
*Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft (eds.), "Twentieth Century American Authors", New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942, pp. 1148-1149.
*Burton Rascoe, "Before I Forget", New York: Literary Guild, 1937, 442 pages.