Ted Solotaroff Explained

Theodore "Ted" Solotaroff (October 9, 1928 – August 8, 2008) was an American writer, editor and literary critic.

Life and career

Born into a working-class Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Solotaroff attended the University of Michigan, graduating in 1952, and did graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he became friends with Philip Roth and dedicated himself to literature. He was an editor at Commentary from 1960 to 1966, then in 1967 founded The New American Review, which was an influential literary journal in paperback, not magazine, format for the decade of its existence. After it folded, he became an editor at Harper & Row, where he edited works by Russell Banks, Sue Miller, Robert Bly, Bobbie Ann Mason, and others. "In 1989, when Rupert Murdoch bought Harper & Row, Solotaroff began to do less editing and more writing. He left the book business with a parting shot at what he labeled the literary-industrial complex."[1]

He said of the effect of the 1960s on him and his work:

Death

He died at his home in East Quogue, New York of complications from pneumonia, aged 79. He was survived by his fourth wife (of 28 years), Virginia Heiserman Solotaroff, as well as four sons, and his brother, Robert.[1] [2]

Awards

Bibliography

References

  1. Joe Holley,Obituary, latimes.com; accessed November 10, 2014.
  2. News: Theodore Solotaroff, Founder of the New American Review, is Dead at 80. The New York Times. 2008-08-12. Grimes. William.

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