Background
Macdonald, Dwight was born on March 24, 1906 in New York City. Son of Dwight and Alice (Hedges) Macdonald.
Macdonald, Dwight was born on March 24, 1906 in New York City. Son of Dwight and Alice (Hedges) Macdonald.
Stepchildren—Day, Sabina. Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1924. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1964. Staff writer Fortune, 1929-1936. Associate editor Partisan Review, 1937-1943.
Editor public Politics, 1944-1949. Staff writer New Yorker magazine, 1951-1971. Movie critic Esquire magazine, 1960-1966.
Visiting professor Northwestern University, 1956, Bard College, 1960, University Texas at Austin, 1966, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1969, Hofstra U., 1969-1970, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1970, U. Massachusetts at Amherst, 1971, Yale, 1971, State University New York at Buffalo, 1973-1974, John Jay College, 1974-1976, University of California at San Diego, 1977.
Editor Partisan Review, 1937-1943. Editor public Politics, 1944-1949. Editor: Parodies, an Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm-and After, 1960, Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (with hist.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Institute Arts and Letters, Hedonists, Psi Upsilon.
Married Nancy Rodman, 1935 (divorced 1950).; married Gloria Lanier, 1950. Children: Michael, Nicholas.