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Elenore Lester (1919–1990)

Author of Wallenberg: The Man in the Iron Web

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Famous Artists Annual 1: A Treasury of Contemporary Art (1969) — Contributor — 31 copies

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Canonical name
Lester, Elenore
Birthdate
1919-11-18
Date of death
1990
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Education
Hunter College, City University of New York
New York University
Occupations
freelance writer
arts editor
journalist
professor
Short biography
Elenore Lester was a freelance journalist who wrote extensively on the arts. She graduated from Hunter College and New York University. Writing for publications such as The New York Times, The Village Voice, and The New Republic, she helped document the emergence of the Off-Off-Broadway theater. In 1973, she joined the newspaper Jewish Week as arts editor, a position she held until her death.
Her 1980 article for The New York Times Magazine on Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved hundreds of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis in World War II before disappearing behind the Iron Curtain, led to a book, Raoul Wallenberg: The Man in the Iron Web (1984).
She taught at City College, Jersey City State College, and New York University.

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