Robert Silvers

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editor human literary editor magazine editor

Robert Silvers was an influential American editor best known as the long-time co-editor of The New York Review of Books, where he shaped literary and intellectual discourse for decades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary editor ⓘ
magazine editor ⓘ
awardReceived French Legion of Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Book Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
coEditorOf The New York Review of Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounded The New York Review of Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-12-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-03-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Sorbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer The New York Review of Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Silvers NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
influenced American intellectual life ⓘ
contemporary literary criticism ⓘ
public intellectual discourse in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Robert Silvers NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor long-time leadership of The New York Review of Books ⓘ
shaping American literary and intellectual discourse ⓘ
notableRole founding editor of The New York Review of Books ⓘ
notableWork The New York Review of Books NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mineola, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld co-editor of The New York Review of Books ⓘ
editor of The New York Review of Books ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Robert Silvers ⓘ
The New York Review of Books → foundedBy → Robert Silvers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert B. Silvers
The New York Review of Books → formerEditor → Robert Silvers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert B. Silvers