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William Shawn (né Chon; August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987.
Dec 20, 1992 · From 1992: Friends and colleagues recall the New Yorker’s longtime editor William Shawn.
Aug 27, 2024 · William Shawn (born Aug. 31, 1907, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 8, 1992, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor who headed The New Yorker (1952–87), shaping it into one of the most influential periodicals in the United States.
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Dec 9, 1992 · William Shawn, the shy, strong-willed editor who ran The New Yorker for a third of this century, died yesterday morning at the apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where he had...
Dec 13, 1992 · Shawn became editor of "The New Yorker" on January 21, 1952 and was editor until February 13, 1987. He joined the magazine in 1933, eight years after the magazines conception, and his...
Legendary "New Yorker" editor William Shawn zealously guarded his privacy. Now, as Lillian Ross, one of his most illustrious protégées, prepares a memoir of their 40-year affair, it’s clear he...
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Jul 5, 2016 · William Shawn, a shy newspaperman from Chicago, worked in the early 1930s for Ross as an “idea man.”
