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D. J. R. Bruckner

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Donald Jerome Raphael Bruckner (November 26, 1933 – September 20, 2013) was an American columnist, critic, and journalist, whose work landed him on the master list of Nixon's political opponents.[1]

Bruckner was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Merton College, Oxford[2] and became a theatre critic for The New York Times where he was on staff from 1981 to 2005. Bruckner died in Manhattan on September 20, 2013, aged 79.[1]

Selected publications

  • Frederic Goudy (Masters of American Design)
  • Art Against War: Four Hundred Years of Protest in Art
  • Politics and Language: Spanish and English in the United States
  • A Candid Talk with Saul Bellow
  • The Campaign for Chicago: To Create an Inheritance Forever

References

  1. ^ a b "D. J. R. Bruckner, Columnist and Critic, Dies at 79" by Margalit Fox, The New York Times, September 20, 2013
  2. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 464.