John Gruen (1926–2016)
Autor de Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography
Sobre El Autor
John Gruen was born Jonas Grunberg in Enghien-les-Bains, France on September 12, 1926. The family moved to Berlin in 1929. The Grunbergs, who were Jewish, resettled in Milan in 1933 because of the rise to power of Adolf Hitler. In 1939, fleeing Benito Mussolini, he and his parents went to New York. mostrar más He received bachelor's and master's degrees in art history from the University of Iowa. He was a composer of art songs that were performed by Eleanor Steber and Patricia Neway. In 1950, New Songs, a recording of his work, became the first album released by Elektra Records. He became a critic for The New York Herald Tribune and New York magazine. He wrote about music, art, dance, and theater. His work also appeared in The New York Times, Dance Magazine, ARTnews, and Architectural Digest. He was a photographer whose work is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. He wrote more than ten books during his lifetime including The New Bohemia, The World's Great Ballets, and The Sixties: Young in the Hamptons. He wrote several authorized biographies including The Private World of Leonard Bernstein, Menotti, Keith Haring, and Erik Bruhn, Danseur Noble. His autobiography, Callas Kissed Me ¿ Lenny Too!: A Critic's Memoir, was published in 2008. He died on July 19, 2016 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Grunberg, Jonas (birth)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1926-09-12
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2016-07-19
- Género
- male
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Enghien-les-Bains, France
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Berlin, Germany
Milan, Italy
New York, New York, USA
Water Mill, New York, USA (Long Island summer home) - Educación
- University of Iowa (BA, MA)
- Ocupaciones
- Critic
cultural critic
composer
photographer - Organizaciones
- Brentano's
Grove Press
New York Herald Tribune
New York Magazine
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 19
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 411
- Popularidad
- #59,241
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 24
- Idiomas
- 4