Maxwell Geismar

American writer (1909–1979)

Maxwell Geismar
Born	August 1, 1909 (1909-08) New York, New York, U.S.
Died	July 24, 1979 (1979-07-25) (aged 69) Harrison, New York
Alma mater	Columbia University Harvard University
Genre	literary criticism and biography
Notable works	Biography of Mark Twain
Notable awards	Guggenheim Fellowship (1942)

Maxwell David Geismar (August 1, 1909 – July 1979) was an American writer, literary critic, and biographer.

He wrote a biography of Mark Twain.^[1]^[2] He penned the introduction to Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice.^[3]

Geismar taught at Sarah Lawrence College for many years. He signed the Triple Revolution statement sent to President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

References

^ M. D. Geismar. Mark Twain: An American Prophet. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1970.
^ Brief biography of Maxwell Geismar
^ Text of Introduction to Soul on Ice