Sidney Offit (1928-10-13) October 13, 1928 (age 95) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation
Writer, professor
Education
Johns Hopkins University (B.A., English Literature, 1950)
Genre
Children's Books, Memoir, Young Adult Literature
Spouse
Avodah Komito
Children
Kenneth Offit, Michael Offit
Sidney Offit (born October 13, 1928) is an American writer best known for his children's books and participation in nightly debates with Martin Abend on WNEW-TV (now WNYW) during the late 1970s and early 1980s.[1] Offit was also a major contributor to civic and literary life in New York, serving at different times as President of the Authors Guild Foundation,[2] President of the Century Association,[3] board member of PEN American Center,[4] and curator of the George Polk Awards in Journalism.[5][6] At the same time, he was a celebrated writing teacher at The New School,[7][8] New York University and Hunter College, whose students included Marita Golden[9] and Ann Jones.[citation needed]
As a fixture of the New York literary scene during latter half of the 20th century, Offit befriended many of the era's most-celebrated writers, including Robert Caro, Ralph Ellison, Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut.[5][10] Vonnegut regarded Offit as his best friend[11][12][13] and included him at the "clambake" in his semi-autobiographical novel Timequake.[14] Since Vonnegut's death, Offit has reminisced about their close friendship in various fora, and edited the Library of America's collection of the late author's novels and short stories.[15][16][17] He also provided the foreword to Look at the Birdie, a volume of fourteen previously unpublished short stories by Vonnegut. Offit himself wrote two novels, ten books for younger readers, and two memoirs.
^Offit, Sidney (November 3, 1999). "Oral history of Sidney Offit". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"Sidney Offit – The Authors Guild". Retrieved July 6, 2015.
^Archive, View Author; Author, Email the; Twitter, Follow on; feed, Get author RSS (December 13, 2006). "CENTURY CLUB EYES SALE OF AIR RIGHTS". Retrieved April 29, 2024. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^"The Id (and Imp) of American Literature". Observer. November 14, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
^ abYoung, Toby (July 2, 2008). "Brushed by Greatness". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
^"GP Press Release Apr16 2009 – Long Island University". www.liu.edu. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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