Robert B. Silvers
Robert Benjamin Silvers (December 31, 1929 – March 20, 2017) was an American editor and essayist. He served as editor of The New York Review of Books from 1963 to 2017. Silvers was co-editor of the Review with Barbara Epstein for over 40 years until her death in 2006 and was the sole editor of the magazine after that until his own death.[2]
Robert B. Silvers | |
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 Silvers at the National Book Critics Circle Awards in March 2012 | |
| Born | Robert Benjamin Silvers December 31, 1929 |
| Died | March 20, 2017 (aged 87)[1] |
| Education | University of Chicago, 1947 |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Notable work | The New York Review of Books |
Among other honors, he was a Chevalier of the French Légion d’honneur and a member of the French Ordre National du Mérite.
Silvers also edited or co-edited several essay anthologies, including Writing in America (1960); A Middle East Reader: Selected Essays on the Middle East (1991); The First Anthology: Thirty Years of the New York Review (1993); Hidden Histories of Science (1995); India: A Mosaic (2000); Doing It: Five Performing Arts (2001); The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin (2001); Striking Terror (2002); The Company They Kept (vol. 1, 2006; vol. 2, 2011); The Consequences to Come: American Power After Bush (2008); and The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International Reportage (2013).[3]
Silvers died on March 20, 2017 at his home in New York City from complications of pneumonia, aged 87.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Italie, Hillel. "Robert Silvers, edited New York Review of Books, dead at 87", ABC News, March 20, 2017
- ↑ Marino, Philip. "Book Smart", The University of Chicago Magazine, University of Chicago, May–June 2012, accessed June 25, 2014
- ↑ Books published by the NY Review; and "The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International Reportage", Publishers Weekly, February 4, 2103
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