Background
Hamburger, Philip Paul was born on July 2, 1914 in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. Son of Harry and Janet (Kraft) Hamburger.
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Friends Talking in the Night: Sixty Years of Writing for The New Yorker
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From a writer of astonishing versatility, this wonderfully rich collection of pieces is both a memoir of Philip Hamburger's writing life and a vivid and various record of the world he has lived in. Hamburger first went to work for The New Yorker in 1939, under the aegis of Harold Ross, and he is still there--six decades and four editors later. He has wandered all over its pages as Our Man Stanley or Reporter at Large, doing Talk of the Town, Casuals, and Notes & Comment, writing Profiles, and more. And he has wandered all over the map, unearthing the secret souls of some fifty-five American towns and cities (from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Butte, Montana) and bearing witness to the horrors of war and fascism (from Mussolini's bloody corpse hanging upside down in a Milan public square, to the hungry, hollow-eyed marchers bearing pro-Tito posters through the wrecked streets of Belgrade after the war). An old-fashioned liberal--and proud of it-- Hamburger has witnessed almost every inauguration since 1933 (at Roosevelt's first he was perched on the icy branch of a tree), has spied shamelessly on a succession of New York City mayors (he used to live conveniently across from Gracie Mansion), and has constantly championed the voices of liberty (Judge Learned Hand, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Judge William Henry Hastie, Edward R. Murrow). Insatiably curious, Hamburger strikes for the heart of whatever subject he approaches--whether it's the famous (Truman, Toscanini, Evita Perón, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vartan Gregorian) or the unsung hero (a waiter who single-handedly sold four million dollars' worth of war bonds). Hitler's aerie in Berchtesgaden is as fascinating to him as the twisting ramps of Macy's package delivery tunnels. Hamburger never balked at donning a different hat; he quite literally put on a black homburg as The New Yorker's music critic for a year. He took on movies and was the first to venture into the minefield of television, conjuring up brilliantly the wonders and abominations of what he saw in the 1950s on the flickering black-and-white screen. All these adventures, and many more, are here in this treasure of a book--the work of a New Yorker writer who wrote what he pleased, went where he wanted, and took as much time as he needed. With wit and insight and extraordinary scrupulousness, Philip Hamburger penetrates the darkness and reveals for us the many pleasures he has had talking to these friends in the night.
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Matters of State: A Political Excursion
(Philip Hamburger, president-watcher and Reporter at Large...)
Philip Hamburger, president-watcher and Reporter at Large for The New Yorker , at last collects his pieces on a beat he's made his own-Washington inaugurations, from FDR to Clinton.. This collection of essays, chosen by the author from his sixty years of writing for The New Yorker , chronicles not only the people of our nation's political life (Judge Learned Hand, Fiorello La Guardia, Dean Acheson, FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan, Clinton) but also the places and events, with special emphasis on presidential inaugurations (he has attended, he thinks, fourteen). Here is one man's view, both funny and serious, of the glorious diversity of American politics-and of the better angels of our nature.
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Matters of State: A Political Excursion by Hamburger, Philip (2003) Paperback
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J.P. Marquand, Esquire, a portrait in the form of a novel
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Our Man Stanley
(Straight from The Talk of the Town section of The New Yor...)
Straight from The Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker. Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli.
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An American notebook
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The oblong blur,: And other odysseys
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J.P. Marquand, Esquire,: A portrait in the form of a novel (Charter books)
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Curious world: A New Yorker at large
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Book by Hamburger, Philip
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Philip Paul Hamburger
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Philip Paul Hamburger, American writer. Recipient 50th Anniversary Honors medal Graduate School Journalism, Columbia University, 1963, New York Public Library. Literature Lion award, 1986, George Polk career award, 1994, Columbia Journalism Alumni award, 1997. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences; member Authors League American, Authors Guild (quondam council), P.E.N., National Press Club (Washington), Century Association (New York City).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, 1935; Master of Science, Graduate School Journalism, Columbia, 1938.
Career
Member of staff, New Yorker magazine, since 1939;
writer Profiles, Talk of the Town, Reporter-at-Large articles, Notes for a Gazetteer, Letters from Foreign Places, Casuals,, New Yorker magazine
music critic, New Yorker magazine, 1948-1949;
television critic, New Yorker magazine, 1949-1955;
on leave from, New Yorker as writer
on leave from, Office of Facts and Figures and O.W.I., 1941-1943. Frank R. Kent Memorial lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1986. Past member of advisory board George Foster Peabody Radio and Television Awards.
Board directors Authors League Fund. Conductor non-fiction workshop Indiana U. Writers' Conference, 1969, 75.
Works
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Friends Talking in the Night: Sixty Years of Writing for The New Yorker
(From a writer of astonishing versatility, this wonderfull...)
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Matters of State: A Political Excursion
(Philip Hamburger, president-watcher and Reporter at Large...)
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Our Man Stanley
(Straight from The Talk of the Town section of The New Yor...)
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Curious World: A New Yorker at Large
(Book by Hamburger, Philip)
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Curious world: A New Yorker at large
(Book by Hamburger, Philip)
- The oblong blur, and other odysseys.
- Matters of State: A Political Excursion by Hamburger, Philip (2003) Paperback
- J.P. Marquand, Esquire, a portrait in the form of a novel
- An American notebook
- J.P. Marquand Esquire by Philip Hamburger
- The oblong blur,: And other odysseys
- J.P. Marquand, Esquire,: A portrait in the form of a novel (Charter books)
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Friends Talking in the Night: Sixty Years of Writing for The New Yorker
Membership
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Authors League American, Authors Guild (quondam council), P.E.N., National Press Club (Washington), Century Association (New York City).
Connections
Married Edith Iglauer, December 24, 1942 (divorced 1966). Children: Jay Philip, Richard Shaw. Married Anna Walling Matson, October 27, 1968 (deceased December 2, 2002).
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April 23, 2004 (aged 89)
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Recipient 50th Anniversary Honors medal Graduate School Journalism, Columbia University, 1963, New York Public Library. Literature Lion award, 1986, George Polk career award, 1994, Columbia Journalism Alumni award, 1997.Recipient 50th Anniversary Honors medal Graduate School Journalism, Columbia University, 1963, New York Public Library. Literature Lion award, 1986, George Polk career award, 1994, Columbia Journalism Alumni award, 1997.
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Recipient 50th Anniversary Honors medal Graduate School Journalism, Columbia University, 1963, New York Public Library. Literature Lion award, 1986, George Polk career award, 1994, Columbia Journalism Alumni award, 1997.Recipient 50th Anniversary Honors medal Graduate School Journalism, Columbia University, 1963, New York Public Library. Literature Lion award, 1986, George Polk career award, 1994, Columbia Journalism Alumni award, 1997.