词条 | Stefan Kanfer |
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| embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Stefan Kanfer | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|5|17}} | birth_place = New York City | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|6|19|1933|5|17}} | death_place = Sleepy Hollow, New York | resting_place = | occupation = Journalist, contributing editor, critic, author | language = Yiddish, English | residence = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = New York University | alma_mater = | period = 1960s-2000s | genre = Arts | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = Dorothy May Markey Kanfer | partner = | children = | relatives = Myra Page (mother-in-law) | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}Stefan Kanfer (May 17, 1933 – June 19, 2018) was an American journalist, critic, editor, and author.[1][2][3][4][5][6] BackgroundStefan Kanfer was born on May 17, 1933, in New York City and raised there and in Hastings-on-Hudson. His family were Jews from Romania, and he spoke Yiddish. His father was a schoolteacher during the Great Depression during Kanfer's early childhood. He attended New York University.[1][3][4] CareerIn the early 1950s, Kanfer served in an army intelligence during the Korean War.[1] Experience included: "bohemian" in Paris, advertising, military interrogator, writer of cartoon captions, and TV gag-writer.[4] In the early 1960s, he became a film critic, book critic, and senior editor at Time magazine for more than 20 years when Henry Grunwald ran the magazine. (When Grunwald retired, Kanfer spoke at his retirement party.[4]) Colleagues there included Lance Morrow. He left Time staff in 1987 and contributed articles for another five years.[1][2][3][4] After Time, he became drama critic for the New Leader, and then contributing editor or writer on arts, culture, and politics for the City Journal (under managing editor Myron Magnet[4]), the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.[1][2] Personal and deathKanfer was married to Dorothy May Markey Kanfer ("May"), daughter of John Markey and Dorothy Markey (pen name Myra Page).[1][4] His circle of friends included: Henry Grunwald, fellow Romanian Jew Elie Wiesel, Lance Morrow, Roger Rosenblatt, John Leo, Paul Gray, Ron Sheppard, Jess Korman, Chris Porterfield, Michael Walsh, B. J. Phillips, and Gerald Clarke. (With Morrow, Kanfer formed the "Chester A. Arthur Chapter of the Chuck Jones Fan Club of America.")[3] With Wiesel, he served on the presidential Wiesel Commission on the Romanian holocaust.[4] He served as mentor and supporter of younger writers, played the ukulele and musical saw, and held concerts and film presentations in his home.[1] Kanfer died on June 19, 2018, age 85, in Sleepy Hollow, New York.[1] Awards
WorksKanfer published 16 books and numerous articles, numerous songs, plays, essays, and reviews.[1][2] Books
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news| title = Obituaries: Stefan Kanfer| publisher = New York Times| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=stefan-kanfer&pid=189735002| date = 29 July 2018| accessdate = 5 August 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanfer, Stefan}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news| title = Stefan Kanfer| publisher = City Journal| url = https://www.city-journal.org/contributor/stefan-kanfer_96| date = | accessdate = 5 August 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news| first = Lance| last = Morrow| authorlink = Lance Morrow| title = Farewell, Old Friend: On 50-plus years of knowing Stefan Kanfer| publisher = City Journal| url = https://www.city-journal.org/html/farewell-old-friend-15985.html| date = 22 June 2018| accessdate = 5 August 2018}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news| first = Myron | last = Magnet | authorlink = Myron Magnet | title = Irreplaceable Steve: In Memoriam: Stefan Kanfer, 1933–2018| publisher = City Journal| url = https://www.city-journal.org/html/irreplaceable-steve-15982.html| date = 21 June 2018| accessdate = 5 August 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web| title = Stefan Kanfer| publisher = Penguin Random House| url = https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/15026/stefan-kanfer| date = | accessdate = 5 August 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web| title = Stefan Kanfer| publisher = Book Reporter| url = https://www.bookreporter.com/authors/stefan-kanfer| date = | accessdate = 5 August 2018}} 6 : 1933 births|2018 deaths|American army personnel of the Korean War|New York University alumni|The Wall Street Journal people|Time (magazine) people |
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