Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | June 14, 1934
Died | November 7, 2018 | (aged 84)
Occupation |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Swarthmore College Yale School of Drama (MFA) |
Spouse |
Natalie Robins (m. 1969) |
Children | 2 |
Parents | Hellmuth E. Lehmann-Haupt Leticia Jane Hargrave Grierson |
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (June 14, 1934 – November 7, 2018) was an American journalist, editor of the
Biography
Lehmann-Haupt was born on June 14, 1934, in
It was not until Lehmann-Haupt traveled to Berlin in 1947 to live with his father for a year that he learned about his father's Jewish ancestry.
Lehmann-Haupt was educated at the
Lehmann-Haupt died on November 7, 2018, due to complications from a stroke.[1]
Editing
Lehmann-Haupt first worked as a teacher in Middletown, New York, but moved to Manhattan to seek work in publishing.
In May 1968, along with several dozen then-prominent writers and political activists (including
In 1969, Lehmann-Haupt was appointed senior Daily Book Reviewer for The New York Times. He held this position until 1995, when he became a regular daily book reviewer. From 1965 until 2000, he wrote more than 4,000 book reviews and articles, on fiction and on subjects from trout fishing to Persian archaeology.[1]
Lehmann-Haupt taught and lectured widely. He wrote articles on a variety of subjects, including fly fishing and bluegrass banjo-picking, two of his occasional avocations.
He also published three books of his own, which were well-reviewed.[1] The first, a memoir, Me and Joe DiMaggio: A Baseball Fan Goes in Search of His Gods, was published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster. His first novel, A Crooked Man, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1995. His second novel, The Mad Cook of Pymatuning was published by Simon & Schuster in 2005. At the time of his death, Lehmann-Haupt was working on a memoir of the year he spent living in Berlin with his father, from 1947 until 1948.
While editor of The New York Times Book Review, Lehmann-Haupt was known for being opposed to genre fiction. In 1980, when given a copy of Harlan Ellison's Shatterday for possible review, Lehmann-Haupt reportedly threw the book across the room and said, "Oh, it's that sci-fi crap."[6]
In April 2000, he assumed the job of chief obituary writer for The Times. He wrote advance obituaries and occasional daily obituaries until his retirement on June 30, 2006. Obituaries bearing his byline continued to run in The New York Times as of January 2020.[7] In retirement he continued to write advance obituaries as a freelancer for The New York Times.
During these years he also taught writing at the
Marriage and family
Lehmann-Haupt married writer Natalie Robins in 1969. They had two children together, Rachel and Noah, and lived in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j McFadden, Robert D. (November 7, 2018). "Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Long-Serving Times Book Critic, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ^ "Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher 1934– - Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ISBN 9781458759634.
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20170702100137/https://www.putneyschool.org/content/christopher-lehmann-haupt-52 Archived July 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Violence in Oakland", New York Review of Books, 9 May 1968
- ^ A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison by Nat Segaloff, NESFA Press, 2017, page 132.
- ^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher; Grimes, William (February 3, 2020). "George Steiner, Prodigious Literary Critic, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- College of Mount Saint Vincentpress release dated September 2, 2005. Accessed May 4, 2008. "A former senior daily book reviewer for The New York Times, Lehmann-Haupt resides in Riverdale with his wife, writer Natalie Robins."
External links
- Recent and archived news articles by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times
- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt at Library of Congress, with 4 library catalog records