Richard Gray Eder (August 16, 1932 – November 21, 2014)[1] was an American film reviewer and a drama critic.
Richard Eder | |
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| Born | Richard Gray Eder August 16, 1932 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 2014(2014-11-21) (aged 82) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Film critic,drama critic |
Life and career
editFor 20 years, he was variously a foreigncorrespondent, afilm reviewer and the dramacritic forThe New York Times.[2] Subsequently, he was book critic for theLos Angeles Times, winning aPulitzer Prize for Criticism[3] and theNational Book Critics Circle annual citation for an entry consisting of reviews ofJohn Updike'sRoger's Version,Clarice Lispector'sThe Hour of the Star, andRobert Stone'sChildren of Light.[4]
In the last years of his life, he wrote book reviews forThe New York Times, theLos Angeles Times andThe Boston Globe. On November 21, 2014, Eder died of pneumonia as a result ofpost-polio syndrome inBoston, Massachusetts, aged 82.[5] He was agreat-grandson ofJames Martin Eder.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^Weber, Bruce (November 21, 2014)."Richard Eder, Arts Critic and Foreign Correspondent, Dies at 82".The New York Times.
- ^"Eder Named Times Drama Critic",nytimes.com, March 12, 1977. Accessed November 23, 2014.
- ^Pulitzer Prize for Criticism won by Eder, pqarchiver.com; accessed November 23, 2014.
- ^"The winner's review"(PDF).The National Book Cricis Circle Journal.13 (2):5–6. 1 April 1987. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 28, 2010.
- ^Notice of death of Richard Eder, latimes.com; November 23, 2014; accessed November 23, 2014.