Brom Weber

Background

Weber, Brom was born on May 14, 1917 in New York City. Son of Kalman and Nadia (Svonkin) Weber.

Education

BSS, City College of New York, 1938. Master of Arts (Coe fellow), University Wyoming, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy (Carnegie fellow), University Minnesota, 1957.

Career

Writer, editor, History Records Survey, New York, 1938-1939; writer, administrator government agys., Washington, also Jersey City, 1940-1945; instructor English, College City New York, 1945-1950; lecturer literature and writing, New School Social Research, New York City, 1948-1954; assistant Professor of English, Purdue University, 1957-1958; associate Professor of English, secretary American Studies program, University of Minnesota, 1958-1963; Professor of English, University of California at Davis, 1963-1976; professor American literature, University of California at Davis, 1976-1986; professor emeritus, University of California at Davis, since 1986; acting department chairman English, University of California at Davis, 1964-1965; vice chairman, University of California at Davis, 1965-1970; chairman American studies program, University of California at Davis, 1969-1970; department chairman English, University of California at Davis, 1977-1978. Visiting Professor of English De Pauw U., 1958, U. Washington, summer 1965, U. Wyoming, 1966, U. Colorado, summer 1968. Visiting professor Conference on American Literature and History, Mussoorie, India, 1963.

Lecturer in, Turkey, Italy, England, Germany, Taiwan. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities, 1974-1979. Fulbright professor, France, 1966-1967, Korea, 1973.

Yaddo fellow Trask Foundation, 1949.

Achievements

• Brom Weber has been listed as a noteworthy Literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Sherwood Anderson

    (University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers, Nu...)

  • The Complete Poems and Selected Letters and Prose of Hart Crane

    (The Complete Poems and selected letters and prose of Hart...)

  • The Complete Poem and Letters and Prose of Hart Crane

    (The Complete Poems and selected letters and prose of Hart...)

  • An anthology of American humor.
  • Hart Crane,: A biographical and critical study
  • American literature; tradition & innovation
  • The Complete Poems and Selected Letters and Prose of Hart Crane

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, American Humor Studies Association (president 1977), Society for Study Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (honorary).

Connections

Married Nettie Held, March 21, 1939 (deceased August 1981). Children: Eden Elizabeth, Kyle Maxson.

Father:

Kalman Weber

Mother:

Nadia (Svonkin) Weber

Spouse:

Nettie Held

child:

Kyle Maxson Weber

child:

Eden Elizabeth Weber