Background
Hentoff, Nathan Irving was born on June 10, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Simon and Lena (Katzenberg) Hentoff.
Hentoff, Nathan Irving was born on June 10, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Simon and Lena (Katzenberg) Hentoff.
Bachelor of Arts with highest honors, Northeastern U., 1945; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1946; Fulbright fellow, Sorbonne, Paris, 1950.
Writer, producer, announcer radio, station WMEX, Boston, 1944-1953; associate editor, Down Beat magazine, 1953-1957; co-founder, co-editor, The Jazz Review, 1958-1960; staff writer, The New Yorker, New York City, since 1960; columnist and staff writer, Village Voice, since 1957; columnist, Washington Post, since 1984. Faculty New School Social Research. Adjunct associate professor New York University.
Member steering committee Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press. Member American Federation television and Radio Artists.
Married Miriam Sargent, 1950 (divorced 1950). Children: Jessica, Miranda. Married Margot Goodman, August 15, 1959.
Children: Nicholas, Thomas.