Carl Bode (March 14 1911 – January 5 1993) was an author, poet, professor of English and American Studies at the University of Maryland, and officer of several literary and cultural organizations.
[1] He wrote and edited over 30 books, including The American Lyceum, Antebellum Culture, Mencken, the first full biography to be published after H.L.
Mencken's death, as well as Maryland, a 350-year history of the state.
[2] He was the founder of the American Studies Association and the Mencken Society, and was president of the Popular Culture Association and the Thoreau Society of America.
[3] He was awarded fellowships both by the Guggenheim and Ford Foundations and was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature while serving as cultural attaché at the American Embassy in London.