Mel Gussow (1933–2005)
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Mel Gussow, critic and author, is a cultural writer for The New York Times. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism
Fotografie: Mel Gussow Collection, Harry Ransom Center UofTexas
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- Gussow, Mel
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- Gussow, Melvyn Hayes
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- 1933-12-19
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- 2005-04-29
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- New York, New York, USA
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- Rockville Centre, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Heidelberg, Germany - Opleiding
- Middlebury College (BA in American Literature)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MA) - Beroepen
- theater critic
movie critic
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- U.S. Army (medic in WWII)
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- American Theater Hall of Fame (inducted 2008)
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Aside from the "interviews" with Beckett himself, there are discussions with many involved in productions of plays. All of this is miraculously accomplished without an artful word. There is something of a permanent leer, an unsettling gaze. I didn't care for it.
Gussow confesses he harbored aspirations of an authorized Beckett biography. Denied by Sam, Gussow gathered gossipy notes. There are anecdotes about Dustin Hoffmann completing a reading of Godot. There's Pinter stating he once drank for 24 hours with Beckett. Towards the end there is an actual interview with Beckett's nephew and executor of his estate. There is a touch of sentiment, though one imagines the nephew cringing from the author's excited, hot breath.… (meer)