Background
Joseph Kastner was born on March 26, 1907, in New York City. He was the son of Aaron Kastner and Fani (Blutreich) Kastner. He had 2 sisters and a brother. He grew up in Manhattan.
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Joseph Kastner was born on March 26, 1907, in New York City. He was the son of Aaron Kastner and Fani (Blutreich) Kastner. He had 2 sisters and a brother. He grew up in Manhattan.
Kastner received his education at Yale University. He graduated from it with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1930.
Kastner began his career in journalism in 1924 as a copy boy in New York City. He then worked successively at New York World, The New Yorker, and Fortune, all as a writer. He began a thirty-five year association at Life magazine in 1936, first as a writer, then as copy editor and later as consulting editor. He set off on his own as a freelance writer in 1971.
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1977Kastner was married in 1934 to Barbara Harris, who died in 1985. He is survived by his companion, Judith Mara Gutman; a brother, Alton; two sisters, Beatrice Olson and Clara Sack; two sons, Matthew and Jonathan, and two grandsons.