Background
Clemons, Walter was born on November 14, 1929 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Walter C. and Margaret (Ewing) Clemons.
Clemons, Walter was born on November 14, 1929 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Walter C. and Margaret (Ewing) Clemons.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1951; Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1953.
Free lance writer, 1955-1965;
editor, McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York City, 1966-1968;
editor, New York Times Book Review, 1968-1971;
editor, book critic, Newsweek, New York City, 1971-1977;
senior writer, Newsweek, 1978-1982, 83-88;
editor, writer, Vanity Fair magazine, New York City, 1982-1983. Writer-in-residence Alley Theater, Houston, Ford Foundation Program for Poets and Fiction Writers, 1963-1964.
Director National Book Critics Circle, 1978-1986. Hodder fellow Princeton, 1959-1960.
Member Century Association, The Players.