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William Shawn (August 31, 1907 – December 8, 1992) was an American magazine editor who edited The New Yorker from 1952 until 1987. Shawn broadened the vision of the The New Yorker to include paramount fiction writing, thoughtful social commentary and international controversy. Under his guidance, the publication emerged as a leading literary ...
Legendary "New Yorker" editor William Shawn zealously guarded his privacy. Now, as Lillian Ross, one of his most illustrious protégées, prepares a memoir of their 40-year affair, it’s clear he ...
William Shawn, the shy, strong-willed editor who ran The New Yorker for a third of this century, died yesterday morning at the apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where he had lived since 1950. He was 85 years old. He died of a heart attack, said his son Wallace Shawn, the actor. After Mr. Shawn succeeded the magazine's founding ...
May 18, 1998 · Six years after William Shawn’s death from a heart attack on Dec. 8, 1992, Lillian Ross is finally taking the story in a new direction. Miss Ross’ man is flesh and blood, a whole being. Hers ...
Dec 9, 1992 · William Shawn, editor of the New Yorker magazine who for decades deftly guided the work of some of the country’s finest writers, died Tuesday. Shawn, 85, died of a heart attack at his home in ...
Dec 13, 1992 · Comment about late editor of "The New Yorker", William Shawn, after he died in his sleep on December 3, 1992. He died in his apartment on Fifth Avenue and 96th Streets, where he had lived with his ...
The William Shawn papers date from 1925 to 1992, and primarily concern Shawn's work as editor of the New Yorker from 1952 to 1987. The collection offers insight into Shawn's editorial and administrative decisions, his relationships with writers and colleagues, internal tensions at the magazine, magazine finances and business practices, and public perceptions of the magazine and of Shawn.
