Brendan Gill

Brendan Gill ( born October 4, 1914 in Hartford, Connecticut; † 27 December 1997) was an American author and journalist, who wrote more than 60 years for the MagazinThe New York. In addition, Gill has written numerous movie reviews as well as some books.

Life

Gill attended the elite Yale University, where he graduated in 1936. During his studies he became a member of the infamous Skull & Bones fraternity. For most of his life lived Gill in Bronxville, New York, Norfolk, Connecticut.

Gill was a friend of the fine arts and also appeared active for the preservation of valuable architectural monuments. He was for many years the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

As an author, Gill wrote in addition to countless newspaper and magazine articles, 15 books, including Here at The New Yorker, in which he. Dispose of his time as an editor for the New York

Brendan Gill died on December 27, 1997 at the age of 83 years of natural causes.

His son Michael Gates Gill was also entered as an author in appearance with the book How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else. In addition, his youngest son, Charles Gill, author of The Boozer Challenge and also zealous therefore the Father after.

Quote

"There is not the slightest evidence that life must be serious "

Bibliography (excerpt)

  • Many Masks. A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright. Heinemann, London, 1990, ISBN 0-434-29274-5.
  • Late Bloomers. Artisan Books, New York 1996, ISBN 1-885-18348-8.
  • Ways of Loving. Joseph Books, London, 1975 ( short stories ).
  • The malcontents. Jovanovich, New York 1973.
  • Cole. A biographical essay. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 1972, ISBN 0-03-086710- X.
  • Mother Coakley 's reform. In: Margaret C. Scoggin (ed.): More chucklebait. Funny stories for everyone. Knopf, New York, 1951 ( illustrated by Saul Steinberg ).
  • The text. In: Martha Foley (ed.): The best American short stories. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1945.
  • The knife. In: William R. Wood (ed.): Short, Short Stories. Harcourt Brace, New York 1951.
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