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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

KingsNew 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.

1967

Literary Work

Making It
Random House
Memoir.

1979

Literary Work

Breaking Ranks: A Political Memoir
Harper & Row
0060133783 / 978-0060133788
Memoir.

1980

Literary Work

The Present Danger
Simon & Schuster
0671413953 / 978-0671413958
Nonfiction.

1982

Literary Work

Why We Were in Vietnam
Simon & Schuster
0671445782 / 978-0671445782
Nonfiction.

1999

Literary Work

Ex-Friends
Free Press
0684855941 / 978-0684855943
Memoir.

2002

Literary Work

The Prophets: Who They Were, What They Are
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.

2007

Literary Work

World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism
Doubleday
0385522215 / 978-0385522212
Nonfiction.

2009

Literary Work

Why Are Jews Liberals?
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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