For his grandfather, the publisher and philanthropist, see George Arthur Plimpton.
George Plimpton
Plimpton in 1977
Born
George Ames Plimpton
(1927-03-18)March 18, 1927
New York City, U.S.
Died
September 25, 2003(2003-09-25) (aged 76)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Harvard University (BA) King's College, Cambridge (BA)
Occupations
Writer
journalist
literary editor
actor
Spouses
Freddy Medora Espy
(m. 1968; div. 1988)
Sarah Whitehead Dudley
(m. 1991)
Children
4
George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was known for "participatory journalism," including accounts of his active involvement in professional sporting events, acting in a Western, performing a comedy act at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra[1] and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur.
Per The New York Times, his "exploits in editing and writing seesawed between belles lettres and the witty accounts he wrote of his various madcap attempts to slip into other people's high-profile careers...a lanky, urbane man possessed of boundless energy and perpetual bonhomie, became, in 1953, the first and only editor of The Paris Review. A ubiquitous presence at book parties and other gala social events, he was tireless in his commitment to the serious, contemporary fiction the magazine publishes...All of this contributed to the charm of reading about Mr. Plimpton's frequently hapless adventures as 'professional' athlete, stand-up comedian, movie bad guy or circus performer; which he chronicled in witty, elegant prose in nearly three dozen books."[2]
^The Best of Plimpton, p. 72
^Severo, Richard (September 26, 2003). "George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
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