American essayist and liberal columnist (born 1949)
For the English architect, see Frank West Rich.
Frank Rich
Rich in 2004
Born
Frank Hart Rich Jr. (1949-06-02) June 2, 1949 (age 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
Writer
television producer
Alma mater
Harvard University (BA)
Period
1971–present
Genre
Non-fiction
Spouse
Gail Winston
(m. 1976; div. 1987)
Alex Witchel
(m. 1991)
Children
Nathaniel
Simon
Frank Hart Rich Jr.[1] (born 1949) is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist,[2][3] who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011.[4] He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO.
Rich is currently writer-at-large for New York magazine, where he writes essays on politics and culture and engages in regular dialogues on news of the week for the "Daily Intelligencer".[5] He served as executive producer of the long-running HBO comedy series Veep, having joined the show at its outset in 2011, and of the HBO drama series Succession.
^"Alex Witchel, Times Theater Writer, To Marry Frank Rich, Critic, in June". The New York Times. March 24, 1991.
^"Frank Rich and the State of Liberal Commentary, by Dennis Prager". www.creators.com. February 8, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
^"Over-Rated Thinkers". The New Republic. November 3, 2011.
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^"Frank Rich Joins New York Magazine". New York Magazine. March 1, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
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as Nora Sayre criticized the conflicting moral themes of the film, and FrankRich believed it "was the same old stuff". Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune...
panned the often contradictory moral themes of the film, while the paper's FrankRich called it "the same old stuff". Eastwood teamed up with Jeff Bridges and...
commercial success and Cher received strong reviews for her stage work (even FrankRich called her "ingratiating") and paved the way for her to be cast in the...
the doorman but was unable to proceed with it before her death in 2006. FrankRich, one of Wasserstein's close friends, said Strong was "her assistant, slash—to...
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