Brendan Gill (1914–1997)
Author of Here at The New Yorker
About the Author
Brendan Gill is perhaps best known as the witty and urbane author of the New Yorker magazine's "Talk of the Town" column. Born on October 4, 1914 in Hartford, Conn., Gill graduated from Yale University in 1936 and immediately went to work for The New Yorker as a film and art critic. It was at the show more magazine that Gill was able to rub elbows with celebrities such as Cole Porter and Tallulah Bankhead, both of whom later became subjects of Gill's biographies. Gill's own memoir, Here at the New Yorker, is filled with reminiscence, humorous anecdotes, and the unforgettable cartoons that have made the magazine famous. Gill also wrote fiction and short stories, and his style is reflected in books such as Death in April, Other Poems and The Trouble of One House, for which he won a National Book Award in 1951 Brendan Gill died on December 27, 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Brendan Gill
The Malcontents 4 copies
Posters made possible by a grant from Mobil : a collection of 250 international posters commissioned by Mobil and… (1988) 4 copies
The Knife 2 copies
19 Gramercy Park 1 copy
Truth and Consequences 1 copy
The Fall Of El Pantera 1 copy
Wooings 1 copy
Associated Works
Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Contributor — 9 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Gill, Brendan
- Birthdate
- 1914-10-04
- Date of death
- 1997-12-27
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- Bronxville, New York, USA
- Education
- Yale University
- Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- Gill, Michael Gates (son)
Gill, Charles (son) - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1995)
The New Yorker - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1951)
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Statistics
- Works
- 23
- Also by
- 21
- Members
- 1,198
- Popularity
- #21,436
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 40
- Languages
- 1