Norman Podhoretz
January 16, 1930 - December 16, 2025
General Information
Bio
Norman Podhoretz (1930-2025) Editor, writer, commentator. Norman Podhoretz was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was editor of Commentary magazine for many years.
Full Name
Norman Harold Podhoretz
Locations
Kings•New York
Author's Timeline
1930
Birth
Kings County: Norman Harold Podhoretz was born in the Brownsville residential neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on January 16, 1930.
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Residence
New York County: Mr. Podhoretz lived much of his life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York.
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Other Life Event
Kings County: Mr. Podhoretz attended Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York.
1950
Other Life Event
New York County: Mr. Podhoretz received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Hebrew literature from Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1950.
1964
Literary Work
Doings and Undoings: The Fifties and After in American Writing
New York: Farrar, Straus & Co.
Collection of essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Co.
Collection of essays.
1967
Literary Work
Making It
Random House
Memoir.
Random House
Memoir.
1979
Literary Work
Breaking Ranks: A Political Memoir
Harper & Row
0060133783 / 978-0060133788
Memoir.
Harper & Row
0060133783 / 978-0060133788
Memoir.
1980
Literary Work
The Present Danger
Simon & Schuster
0671413953 / 978-0671413958
Nonfiction.
Simon & Schuster
0671413953 / 978-0671413958
Nonfiction.
1982
Literary Work
Why We Were in Vietnam
Simon & Schuster
0671445782 / 978-0671445782
Nonfiction.
Simon & Schuster
0671445782 / 978-0671445782
Nonfiction.
1999
Literary Work
Ex-Friends
Free Press
0684855941 / 978-0684855943
Memoir.
Free Press
0684855941 / 978-0684855943
Memoir.
2002
Literary Work
The Prophets: Who They Were, What They Are
Free Press
0743219279 / 978-0743219273
Nonfiction.
Free Press
0743219279 / 978-0743219273
Nonfiction.
2003
Literary Work
The Norman Podhoretz Reader: A Selection of His Writings from the 1950s through the 1990s
Free Press
0743236610 / 978-0743236614
Collection of Mr. Podhoretz’s writings.
Free Press
0743236610 / 978-0743236614
Collection of Mr. Podhoretz’s writings.
2007
Literary Work
World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism
Doubleday
0385522215 / 978-0385522212
Nonfiction.
Doubleday
0385522215 / 978-0385522212
Nonfiction.
2009
Literary Work
Why Are Jews Liberals?
Doubleday
0385529198 / 978-0385529198
Nonfiction.
Doubleday
0385529198 / 978-0385529198
Nonfiction.
2025
Residence
New York County: Mr. Podhoretz lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, during his later years.
2025
Death
New York County: Norman Podhoretz died in Manhattan, New York, on December 16, 2025.
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