Elliot E. Cohen | |
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| Born | Elliot E. Cohen March 14, 1899 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 28, 1959 (aged 60) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Editor |
| Employer | American Jewish Committee |
| Known for | Founding editor of Commentary and Co-founder of "Menorah Journal |
Elliot E. Cohen (March 14, 1899 – May 28, 1959) was the founder and first editor of Commentary.[1]
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Early life and education
Cohen was born in Des Moines, Iowa and attended Yale University, where he contributed light verse to a campus humor magazine, The Yale Record.[2]
Career
Menorah Journal
In the 1930s, he was a co-editor of the Menorah Journal with Herbert Solow.[3][4]
Commentary
Cohen was the founder and first editor of Commentary, then published by the American Jewish Committee, from 1945 until his death by suicide in 1959.[1]
During his tenure at Commentary, the magazine had a liberal point of view. His editorial position was filled by Norman Podhoretz in 1960, by Neal Kozodoy in 1995, and by John Podhoretz in 2009.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "EDITOR FOUND DEAD IN A PLASTIC BAG". New York Times. May 29, 1959.
- ^ Bronson, Francis W., Thomas Caldecott Chubb, and Cyril Hume, eds. (1922) The Yale Record Book of Verse: 1872-1922. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 77-78.
- ^ http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/elliot-e--cohen-12135. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Alterman, Eric (26 July 1998). "Inspiring Eggheads". New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
Further reading
- Strauss, Lauren B. "Staying afloat in the Melting Pot: Constructing an American Jewish identity in the Menorah Journal of the 1920s." American Jewish History 84.4 (1996): 315-331.
- Wald, Alan M. The New York intellectuals: the rise and decline of the anti-stalinist left from the 1930s to the 1980s (U North Carolina Press, 2017).
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