- Brendan Gill
Brendan Gill (
October 4 1914 –December 27 1997 ) wrote for "The New Yorker " for more than 60 years. He also contributed film criticism for "Film Comment " and wrote a popular book about his time at the "New Yorker" magazine.Born in
Hartford ,Connecticut , Gill was graduated in 1936 fromYale University , where he was a member ofSkull & Bones . He was a long-time resident ofBronxville, New York .A champion of
architectural preservation and othervisual arts, he chaired theAndy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and authored 15 books, including "Here at The New Yorker" and the iconoclasticFrank Lloyd Wright biography "Many Masks".In September 1989, Gill wrote the controversial article "The faces of
Joseph Campbell " for the "New York Review of Books " where he made a number of accusations against Campbell, including charging him with anti-Semitism. Gill was personally acquainted with Campbell through the Century Club.Brendan Gill died of natural causes in 1997, at the age of 83 .
His son, Michael Gates Gill, is the author of a book (
How Starbucks Saved My Life : A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else).Books by Brendan Gill
* "Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright"
* "Here at the New Yorker"
* "Late Bloomers"External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9096605/Brendan-Gill "Encyclopedia Britannica entry]
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