Zinsser, William Knowlton

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Birth 1922-10-07
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1922 1943 Born in New York City, 1922. Princeton University, class of 1944. 1943 1945 Enlisted in the U.S. Army (North Africa and Italy). 1946 1959 New York Herald Tribune: Feature writer, 1947-1948 Drama editor (in charge of Sunday section of theater, movies, music, dance, art, etc.) 1949-1954 Chief movie critic, 1955-1958 Editorial writer, 1958-1959 1959 1972 Free-lance writer of magazine articles, books and other projects. Columnist for Look, 1967 Columnist for Life, 1968-1972 1970 1979 Yale University. Teacher of nonfiction writing, 1970-1979 Editor, Yale Alumni Magazine, 1970-1977 Master of Branford College, 1973-1979 1977 Columnist for the New York Times, Home Section, March-September. 1979 1987 Book-of-the-Month Club. Executive Editor in charge of in-house publications. Also responsible for the club’s educational and public service activities (public lectures, exhibits, etc.). 1976 Lecturer, teacher and consultant on writing to colleges, schools, school systems, newspapers, magazines, businesses, etc. 1987 Free-lance writer of magazines and books. Fifteen books published altogether. 1988 1988 present Teacher of writing at the New School.

From the guide to the William Zinsser Papers, ca. 1946-1998, (© 2009 Fales Library and Special Collections)

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