A vain attempt to subdue that unsubduable country.
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Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
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| Birth: | 4th October, 1914 |
| Death: | 27th December, 1997 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Critic, Journalist, Writer |
About
Brendan Gill was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was an American journalist and writer. He wrote for The New Yorker for more than 60 years. He also contributed film criticism for Film Comment and wrote a popular book about his time at the New Yorker magazine. In 1936 The New Yorker editor St. Clair McKelway hired Gill as a writer. One of the publication's few writers to serve under its first four editors, he wrote more than 1,200 pieces for the magazine.
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