Margalit Fox's Blog, page 6
June 23, 2019
Judith Krantz, Whose Tales of Sex and Shopping Sold Millions, Dies at 91
She published her first novel at 50, and her heroines were invariably rich, thin, savvy, ambitious and preternaturally beautiful.
March 15, 2019
W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Damnable Evanescence, Dies at 91
Mr. Merwin, one of the world’s most decorated poets, sang of silence and nature with an oracular voice. Later in life he became an ardent conservationist.
W.S. Merwin, Poet of Life’s Evanescence, Dies at 91
Mr. Merwin, one of the world’s most decorated poets, sang of silence and nature with an oracular voice. Later in life he became an ardent conservationist.
February 24, 2019
Hilde Zadek, Mainstay of the Vienna State Opera, Dies at 101
She made her debut in Vienna in 1947, a Jew who had fled Hitler, and feared one-time Nazis would disrupt her performance. Instead, they applauded.
February 5, 2019
Izzy Young, Who Presided Over the Folk Revival, Is Dead at 90
Bob Dylan, whose first formal concert Mr. Young produced, called his Greenwich Village shop, the Folklore Center, “the citadel of Americana folk music.”
Izzy Young, Who Presided Over the Folk Revival, Dies at 90
Bob Dylan, whose first formal concert Mr. Young produced, called his Greenwich Village shop, the Folklore Center, “the citadel of Americana folk music.”
January 24, 2019
Norman Goodman, 95, Dies; Summoned Manhattanites to Jury Duty, Like It or Not
Yes, he existed. For generations, this clerk of New York County’s printed signature in the upper-left-hand corner of a mailed summons was something to dread.
Diana Athill Dies at 101; Wrote Cleareyed Memoirs of Love and Sex
The English author, whose critically lauded autobiographies chronicled her romantic and sexual liaisons, attained literary celebrity in her 90s.
January 17, 2019
Mary Oliver, 83, Prize-Winning Poet of the Natural World, Is Dead
With its plain language and minute attention to flora and fauna, her uplifting verse was widely popular and her readings drew throngs. But critics were divided.
Mary Oliver, Prize-Winning Poet of the Natural World, Dies at 83
With its plain language and minute attention to flora and fauna, her uplifting verse was widely popular and her readings drew throngs. But critics were divided.
