- Paul Levy
Paul Levy (born 26 February 1941 in
Lexington, Kentucky ) is a US/British author and journalist. He lives with his wife, Penelope Marcus, and children in Oxfordshire and London, UK.With Ann Barr (and synchronically Gael Greene), he coined the word "
foodie " (and some say, exemplified the concept). He has won many British and American food writing and journalism prizes, including two commendations in the national British Press Awards, in 1985 and 1987. Dr. Levy is known not merely for his learning and exquisite wit and taste, but also for his developed comic sense of life.Education
Levy attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, KY;
University of Chicago ;University College London ;Harvard (Ph.D. 1979);Nuffield College, Oxford .Work experience
Levy was Food and Wine editor for
The Observer in the 1980s. He was subsequently arts correspondent for theWall Street Journal , where he reported toRaymond Sokolov , and Wall Street Journal Europe. He is now chief reviewer of food-related books for The Observer, and contributes obituaries to the Independent. He is co-literary executor withMichael Holroyd ofLytton Strachey 's estate,trustee of the Strachey Trust,Jane Grigson Trust, and co-chair withClaudia Roden of theOxford Symposium on Food and Cookery .Publications
*ed. "The Letters of
Lytton Strachey " (2005)
*ed.Eminent Victorians , The Definitive Edition (2002)
*ed. The Penguin Book of Food and Drink (1996)
*The Feast of Christmas (1992) and writer and presenter of 5-part Channel Four network/ABC (Australia)/CBC (Canada) TV series with same title
*Finger-Lickin' Good: A Kentucky childhood (1990)
*Out to Lunch (1986)
*co-author with Ann Barr: The Official Foodie Handbook (1984)
*co-ed. withMichael Holroyd : The Shorter Strachey, 1980
*Moore:G.E. Moore andthe Cambridge Apostles (1979)
*ed. Lytton Strachey: The Really Interesting Question (1972)External links
* [http://www.paullevy.com www.paullevy.com]
* [http://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk] ]
* [http://www.janegrigsontrust.org.uk/]
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