Van Dor·en  (vān dôr'ən, dōr'-)  American literary critic, editor, and writer whose biography of Benjamin Franklin (1938) won a Pulitzer Prize. His brother Mark (1894-1972), a prolific writer and critic, is best known for his poetry, including That Shining Place (1969). |
| carl clinton van doren | |
noun | |
| United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950) [syn: Van Doren] |