Background

Gilman, Richard was born on April 30, 1925 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Marion (Wolinsky) Gilman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1947;Doctor of Humane Letters, Grinnell College, 1967.

Career

Free-lance writer, 1950-1954. Associate editor Jubilee magazine, 1954-1957. Drama critic, literature editor Commonweal, 1961-1964.

Associate editor, drama critic Newsweek magazine, 1964-1967. Literature editor New Republic, 1968-1970. Professor drama Yale University, 1967—1978, 1979—1998.

Visiting lecturer English, Columbia University, 1964-1965, visiting professor, 1980, 84. Visiting professor drama Stanford University, summer 1967, theater arts City College of New York, 1978-1979, Boston University, 1984-1985, Barnard College. McGraw Distinguished lecturer Princeton University, 1990.

President Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association American Center, 1981-1983, vice president, 1983-1986.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • The Making of Modern Drama

    (This highly acclaimed critical exploration of modern dram...)

  • The Confusion of Realms

    (Literary criticism on Norman Mailer, Marshall McLuhan, Su...)

  • Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet

    (Cultural Studies, Literary Studies)

  • Common and Uncommon Masks: Writings on Theatre, 1961-1975

    (Book by Gilman, Richard)

  • Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir

    (Book by Gilman, Richard)

  • Common and uncommon masks;: Writings on theatre 1961-1970
  • FAITH, SEX, MYSTERY, A MEMOIR
  • Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir First edition by Gilman, Richard (1987) Hardcover
  • Faith, Sex, Mystery: A Memoir Hardcover January, 1987
  • The making of modern drama : a study of BFuchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Handke.
  • The Making of Modern Drama by Gilman, Richard (2000) Paperback
  • The Making of Modern Drama Paperback - February, 2000
  • The Making of Modern Drama by Gilman Richard (2000-02-01) Paperback
  • The Making of Modern Drama: A Study of Buchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Brecht, Beckett, Handke (Da Capo Paperback) by Gilman Richard (1987-06-01) Paperback

• Other Work

  • Author: The Confusion of Realms, 1970, Common and Uncommon Masks, 1971, The Making of Modern Drama, 1974, Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet, 1979, Faith Sex Mystery: A Memoir, 1987, Checkhov's Plays, 1996, The Drama Is Coming Now: The Theater Criticims of Richard Gilman, 1961-1991, 2005. Contributing editor Partisan Review.

Membership

Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1946.

Connections

Married Esther Morgenstern, 1949 (divorced). 1 child, Nicholas; married Lynn Nesbit, 1966 (divorced). Children: Priscilla, Claire.

Married Yasuko Shiojiri, 1992.

father:

Jacob Gilman

mother:

Marion (Wolinsky) Gilman

spouses:

Esther Morgenstern

Lynn Nesbit

Yasuko Shiojiri

children:

Nicholas Gilman

Priscilla Gilman

Claire Gilman