John Sir Simon
John Simon was born in Yugoslavia in 1925 and received his B.A. in English, as, well as his M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, from Harvard University., He has written theatre, film, music, and book reviews for publications such as New York, Esquire, the Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, the New Leader, Commonweal, the New Criterion, and the New York Times Book Review. Simon has won the George Jean Nathan Award and the George Polk Award for Film Criticism. He lives in New York...See more
John Simon was born in Yugoslavia in 1925 and received his B.A. in English, as, well as his M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, from Harvard University., He has written theatre, film, music, and book reviews for publications such as New York, Esquire, the Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, the New Leader, Commonweal, the New Criterion, and the New York Times Book Review. Simon has won the George Jean Nathan Award and the George Polk Award for Film Criticism. He lives in New York City. See less