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(1925-2019) Critic. John Simon was born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, and died in Valhalla, New York.

Full Name

John Simon

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1925

BIRTH

John Simon was born Ivan Simmon in Subotica, Yugoslavia, on May 12, 1925.

1941

OTHER

Mr. Simon moved with his family to the United States in 1941.

1942

OTHER

Mr. Simon attended the Horace Mann School in New York.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Simon taught literature and the humanities at several colleges including Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, in the 1950s.

1963

LITWORK

Acid Test
Stein and Day
1125163518 ISBN-13: 978-112516351
Criticism.

1971

LITWORK

Movies Into Film: Criticism, 1967-1970
Dial Press

Criticism.

1972

LITWORK

Ingmar Bergman Directs
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
0151443777 ISBN-13: 978-0151443772
Criticism.

1975

LITWORK

Uneasy Stages: A Chronicle Of The New York Theater, 1963-1973
Random House
0394498054 ISBN-13: 978-0394498058
Criticism.

1975

LITWORK

Singularities: Essays On The Theater, 1964-1974
Random House
0394731182 ISBN-13: 978-0394731186
Criticism.

1981

LITWORK

Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline
Vintage/Ebury
0701126019 ISBN-13: 978-0701126018
Criticism.

1981

LITWORK

Reverse Angle: A Decade Of American Films
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. / Crown Publishers
9780517544716 ISBN-13: 978-0517544716
Criticism.

2019

RESIDENCE

Mr. Simon lived with his wife in Manhattan, New York, at the time of his death.

2019

DEATH

John Simon died at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, on November 24, 2019.

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