John Irwin (academic)

John Irwin
John Irwin in his home
BornApril 24, 1940
Houston, Texas
DiedDecember 20, 2019 (age 79)
NationalityAmerican
Awards
Christian Gauss Prize (1994)
Academic work
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Notable worksDoubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge: A Speculative Reading of Faulkner (1975) Mystery to a Solution: Poe, Borges. and the Analytical Detective Story (1994)

John Thomas Irwin (April 24, 1940 – December 20, 2019) was an American poet and literary critic. He was the Decker Professor in the Humanities and Professor in The Writing Seminars and the English Department at Johns Hopkins University.