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Profile of Clifton Fadiman
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Clifton Fadiman |
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15th May 1904 |
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Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Clifton Fadiman (1902-1999) was a noted intellectual, author, and radio personality.
Fadiman worked for Simon & Schuster for ten years, ending as its chief editor. He was book editor for The New Yorker from 1933 until 1943, and in 1944 became a judge for the Book of the Month Club.
Books by Clifton Fadiman:
- Party of One (1955, author)
- Fantasia Mathematica (1958, ed.)
- Lifetime Reading Plan (1960, co-author)
- The World Treasury of Children's Literature (1984, ed.)
- The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes (1985, ed.)
From 1938 until 1952, Fadiman hosted the radio quiz show Information, Please!
One notable quote: "When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
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