Clifton Fadiman

Clifton Fadiman (1902-1999) was a noted intellectual, author, and radio personality.

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1902 - 1999

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Fadiman worked for Simon & Schuster for ten years, ending as its chief editor. He was book editor for The New Yorker from 1933 until 1943, and in 1944 became a judge for the Book of the Month Club.

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Simon & Schuster - The New Yorker - Book of the Month Club

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Books by Clifton Fadiman:

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• Party of One (1955, author)
• Fantasia Mathematica (1958, ed.)
• Lifetime Reading Plan (1960, co-author)
• The World Treasury of Children's Literature (1984, ed.)
• The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes (1985, ed.)

From 1938 until 1952, Fadiman hosted the radio quiz show Information, Please!

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Radio - Quiz show - Information, Please!

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One notable quote: "When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."

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