John I. Simon, born Ivan Simon on May 12, 1925 in the city of Subotica located in the region of Bačka, then County of Bačka, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, from 1929 known as Yugoslavia (now in North Bačka District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia), is an American author of Hungarian descent and literary, theater, and film critic.
Simon is the son of Joseph Simmon and Margaret (Reves). He grew up in Belgrade before imm...
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John I. Simon, born Ivan Simon on May 12, 1925 in the city of Subotica located in the region of Bačka, then County of Bačka, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, from 1929 known as Yugoslavia (now in North Bačka District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia), is an American author of Hungarian descent and literary, theater, and film critic.
Simon is the son of Joseph Simmon and Margaret (Reves). He grew up in Belgrade before immigrating to the United States in 1941 on a tourist visa to join his father.
He attended Harvard and earned a B.A., an M.A., and a Ph.D. there. Simon has written theater, film, music, and book reviews for publications such as New York, Esquire, The Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, The New Leader, Commonweal, The New Criterion and The New York Times Book Review. He also contributes a monthly essay to The Weekly Standard.
Simon was theater and film critic at New York magazine for 36 years from October 1968 until May 2005, when he was...
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