Editing Irving Howe (section)

{{Short description|American writer, literary and social critic and socialist activist}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] -->
| name = Irving Howe
| image = Irving Howe (1968).png
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Howe during his year as writer in residence at [[University of Michigan]], 1967-1968
| birth_name = Irving Horenstein
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|6|11}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|5|5|1920|6|11}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Writer, public intellectual
| alma_mater = [[City College of New York]]
| notable_works = ''[[World of Our Fathers]]'' (1976)
| genre =
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Anna Bader|end = divorced}}|{{marriage|Thalia Phillies|end = divorced}}|{{marriage|Arien Mack|end = divorced}}|Ilana Wiener}}
| children = 2, including [[Nicholas Howe|Nicholas]]
| subject =
}}

'''Irving Howe''' (né '''Horenstein'''; {{IPAc-en|h|aʊ}}; June 11, 1920 &ndash; May 5, 1993) was an American author, literary and social critic, and a key figure in the [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] movement in the U.S. He co-founded and served as longtime editor of ''[[Dissent (American magazine)|Dissent]]'' magazine. In 1976, he wrote the [[National Book Award]]-winning ''[[World of Our Fathers]]'', a history of East European Jews who immigrated to America.