Ralph L. Rusk

Ralph Leslie Rusk (July 11, 1888 — June 30, 1962) was an American academic and writer. Rusk began teaching at the University of the Philippines during the early 1910s before teaching English at Indiana University from 1915 to 1925. Upon entering Columbia University in 1925, Rusk continued to teach English and remained with the university until he retired in 1954.

Apart from academics, Rusk spent the majority of his writing career on works about Ralph Waldo Emerson. Rusk first published ''The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson'' in 1939 before releasing ''The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson'' in 1949. The following year, ''The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson'' received the 1950 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Rusk was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1945. Provided by Wikipedia