Elliot Tiber
Elliot Tiber | |
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Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York | |
| Died | August 3, 2016 (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College Hunter College (BFA) Pratt Institute (MFA) |
Elliot Michael Tiber (born Eliyahu Teichberg; April 15, 1935 – August 3, 2016)
Tiber's 2007 memoir Taking Woodstock, written with Tom Monte, was adapted into a film of the same name by Ang Lee. The film opened in the United States in August 2009. In the film, Tiber is portrayed by comedian Demetri Martin.
Early and personal life
Tiber was born as Eliyahu Teichberg, in
Tiber graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn,[4] and attended Brooklyn College and received a BFA from Hunter College. He was in the MFA program at Pratt Institute.
Tiber died at the age of 81 in Boca Raton, Florida from complications of a stroke.[5]
Taking Woodstock
In his book
Tiber said he led a closeted life in Bethel in the early 1960s as he spent time managing his parents' El Monaco Motel, serving as president of the Bethel Chamber of Commerce, and, at the same time, participating in the gay scene in New York, where he lived.
According to Taking Woodstock, Tiber read that
Tiber says in the book that he had a permit for the White Lake Music and Arts Festival, a planned chamber music event at his motel. He contacted Michael Lang on or about July 18 and pitched the idea of having the festival on 15 acres (61,000 m2) along the edge of White Lake by the motel.
According to Taking Woodstock, when Lang said the motel property was too small, Tiber introduced the Woodstock festival producers to dairy farmer Max Yasgur, and helped facilitate the deal.[6]
Lang, however, says that Tiber referred him to a local real estate salesman, and that the salesman drove Lang, without Tiber, to Yasgur's farm. Sam Yasgur, son of Max Yasgur, agrees with Lang's version, and said that his mother, who is still alive, said that Max did not know Tiber. Artie Kornfeld, a Woodstock organizer, has said he found out about Yasgur’s farm from his own sources.[7][8]
The motel later became an Italian restaurant before being torn down in 2004. It is now marked by a clock tower welcoming people to White Lake.[9]
Tiber left Bethel shortly after Woodstock and soon moved to Los Angeles, where he became a movie set designer.
Screenwriter
His 1970s book, Rue Haute, was made into a French-language film directed by his domestic partner, André Ernotte. It was Belgium's entry for the 49th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film in 1977. The book was released in English in the United States in 1977 under the name High Street.
Teaching career
He taught creative writing at
Books
- High Street, Avon (1977)
- ISBN 0-7570-0293-5.
- Palm Trees on the Hudson (2010)
- After Woodstock, ISBN 0-7570-0392-3.
References
- ^ "Review of Taking Woodstock". Foreword Reviews. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Grimes, William, "Elliot Tiber, Who With a Permit Unleashed Woodstock and Himself, Dies at 81, The New York Times, August 8, 2016, page A20
- ^ Limnios, Michael (2012-04-18). "Elliot Tiber: Be yourself, love your life". www.blues.gr. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ^ Grimes, William (2016-08-08). "Elliot Tiber, Who with a Permit Brought Forth Woodstock, Dies at 81". The New York Times.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
- ^ a b Tiber, Elliot; Tom Monte (2007). Taking Woodstock. SquareOne Publishers.
- ^ Bleyer, Bill (2009-08-08). "The road to Woodstock runs through Sunken Meadow State Park". Newsday. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2009-08-27). "Revisiting Woodstock, Other flicks, His son, the rabbi". Jweekly.com. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ "The ElMonaco Motel". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
- ^ Elliot Tiber Resume - Retrieved October 25, 2008
Further reading
- Knock on Woodstock: The Uproarious, Uncensored Story of the Woodstock Festival, the Gay Man Who Made It Happen, and How He Earned His Ticket to Freedom, Joel Friedlander (1994), ISBN 0-9641806-1-8.
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