Trow, George W. S.
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Name (Latin)
Trow, George W. S.
Other forms of name
Trow, George Swift
Date of birth
1943-09-28
Date of death
2006-11-24
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His The tennis game, c1979:t.p. (George W. S. Trow)
- My pilgrim's progress, 1999:CIP t.p. (George W.S. Trow) galley (b. 1943 in New York; lives in Columbia County, N.Y.; attended Exeter and Harvard; founding editor, The nat. lampoon; New Yorker staff writer, 1966-1994; has written stories, novel, plays, screenplays for Merchant Ivory)
- New York times WWW site, Dec. 1, 2006(George W.S. Trow; b. George William Swift Trow, Jr., Sept. 28, 1943, Greenwich, Conn.; found dead Nov. 24, Naples, Italy, aged 63; writer and media critic known for his biting lamentations over what he saw as the twilight of culture in late-20th-century America)
Wikipedia description:
George William Swift Trow Jr. (September 28, 1943 – November 24, 2006) was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his long essay on television and its effect on American culture, "Within the Context of No Context," first published in The New Yorker on November 17, 1980 (and later published as a book), one of the few times the magazine devoted its central section to a single piece of writing.
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