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Nathan, George JeanWe have 1 book for this author.George Jean Nathan (February 14, 1882 – April 8, 1958) was an American drama critic and editor. Early lifeNathan was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated from Cornell University in 1904, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. Drama critic careerNoted for the erudition and cynicism of his reviews, Nathan was an early champion of Eugene O'Neill. Together with H.L. Mencken, he co-founded the magazines The Smart Set in 1914 and The American Mercury in 1924. He was also a founder and an editor (1932–35) of the American Spectator, and after 1943 he wrote a syndicated column for the New York Journal-American. Over the years, Nathan's criticisms were published in Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents (1917), The Critic and the Drama (1922), The Testament of a Critic (1931), Since Ibsen (1933), The World of George Jean Nathan (1952), and The Magic Mirror (1960). Nathan's philosophy of criticism is laid out in Autobiography of an Attitude (1925). Relationships and marriageNathan had a reputation as a "ladies man." (He published his paean to The Bachelor Life in 1941.) His most famous romance was with actress Lillian Gish. Their relationship began in the late 1920s and lasted almost a decade, with Gish repeatedly refusing his marriage proposals. Nathan eventually married considerably younger stage actress Julie Haydon in 1955. DeathNathan died in New York City in 1958. LegacyNathan allegedly was the model for the critic Addison De Witt in the film All About Eve. The highest honor in dramatic criticism, the George Jean Nathan Award, is named after him. Quote
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