Solotaroff, Ted, 1928-2008

Ted Solotaroff was an American editor, literary critic, and writer. He founded the influential literary magazine New American Review (later American Review ) and was an editor at Commentary, Book Week, and a senior editor at Harper & Row (later HarperCollins). His work has been published in Commentary, Partisan Review, The New York Times, T he New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The New Republic, and The Nation .

Solotaroff was born in 1928 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, served in the United States Navy between 1946 and 1948, graduated from the University of Michigan in 1952, and received his Master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1956. Between 1956 and 1960 he did further graduate work there and taught English there and at Indiana University.

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