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John Ivan Simon (né Simmon; May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was an American writer and literary, theater, and film critic. After spending his early years in Belgrade, he moved to the United States, serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and studying at Harvard University.
30. Nov. 2019 · A tribute to the late film and theater critic John Simon, who was famous for his vitriolic reviews and his elitist standards. The article explores his legacy, his controversies, and his personality as a critic and a person.
25. Nov. 2019 · John Simon, one of the nation’s most erudite, vitriolic and vilified culture critics, who illuminated and savaged a remarkable range of plays, films, literature and art works and their...
John made a career out of criticizing the vicissitudes of stage and screen—of books, music, movies, theater, and just about every cultural space in between. His extensive writings have been collected in some dozen books, most recently a three-volume set from Applause Books extending over two thousand pages.
25. Nov. 2019 · Obituary for John Simon, longtime theater critic for New York Magazine and film critic for National Review (1925–2019). Considering the longtime New York critic, who died yesterday at 94...
- City Editor, New York Magazine
26. Nov. 2019 · Michael Feingold remembers John Simon, the infamously vitriolic theatre critic who died in 2019, as a cultural omnivore who embraced negativity as his vision. He argues that Simon's addiction to fault-finding and his lack of insight made him a tragic figure in the history of criticism.
25. Nov. 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — John Simon, a theater and film critic known for his lacerating reviews and often withering assessment of performers’ physical appearance, has died. He was 94. Patricia Hoag Simon, Simon’s wife, said her husband died Sunday night at Westchester Medical Center.
