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

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)

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.

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