Mel Gussow (1933–2005)
Autore di Edward Albee
Sull'Autore
Mel Gussow, critic and author, is a cultural writer for The New York Times. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism
Fonte dell'immagine: Mel Gussow Collection, Harry Ransom Center UofTexas
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Gussow, Mel
- Nome legale
- Gussow, Melvyn Hayes
- Data di nascita
- 1933-12-19
- Data di morte
- 2005-04-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Rockville Centre, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Heidelberg, Germany - Istruzione
- Middlebury College (BA in American Literature)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MA) - Attività lavorative
- theater critic
movie critic
author - Organizzazioni
- U.S. Army (medic in WWII)
Newsweek
The New York Times - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Theater Hall of Fame (inducted 2008)
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Tom's Bookstore (1)
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- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 267
- Popolarità
- #86,454
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 30
- Lingue
- 1
Aside from the "interviews" with Beckett himself, there are discussions with many involved in productions of plays. All of this is miraculously accomplished without an artful word. There is something of a permanent leer, an unsettling gaze. I didn't care for it.
Gussow confesses he harbored aspirations of an authorized Beckett biography. Denied by Sam, Gussow gathered gossipy notes. There are anecdotes about Dustin Hoffmann completing a reading of Godot. There's Pinter stating he once drank for 24 hours with Beckett. Towards the end there is an actual interview with Beckett's nephew and executor of his estate. There is a touch of sentiment, though one imagines the nephew cringing from the author's excited, hot breath.… (altro)