D.D. Guttenplan
Don David "D. D." Guttenplan is an author, journalist, The Guardian contributor[1] and editor-in-chief of The Nation magazine, a position he has held since 2019.[2]
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Career
Guttenplan's writing career began in New York city politics and in publishing in 1980. He calls his proudest achievements of this time "drafting the bill to name a portion of Central Park "Strawberry Fields," commissioning a biography of the anarchist Emma Goldman, and the reissue of the WPA Guide to New York City."[3] During the 1980's, he also worked as the senior editor at the Village Voice.
Guttenplan worked as the London correspondent for The Nation before becoming the magazine's editor-in-chief. As of February 2019, he also served as the editor-in-chief for the U.K.-based magazine Jewish Quarterly.[4]
He has taught American History at University College and at Birkbeck College, and is a frequent commentator on American culture and politics on the BBC.[3]
Books
- American Radical: The Life and Times of I. F. Stone(2009, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ISBN 0374183937
- The Holocaust on Trial(2001, W. W. Norton & Company) ISBN 0393020444
Other works
Film
Guttenplan produced the 2004 documentary Edward Said: The Last Interview, a conversation with his incurably ill friend and former teacher Edward Said, a Palestinian-American intellectual who was a professor at Columbia University.
Radio
- "Guns: An American Love Affair", BBC 4, accessed September 16, 2019 (only short clip available here).
- "Wars, Lies and Audiotape", BBC 4, Archived, accessed September 16, 2019.
Education
From personal website[3]
- Columbia Unversity, degree in Philosophy
- Cambridge University, degree in English Literature
- University of London, doctorate degree in History
Contact Information
D. D. Guttenplan, editor-in-chief, The Nation Magazine
U.S.A.
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U.K.
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Website: ddguttenplan.com
Email: don@ddguttenplan.com
Twitter: @ddguttenplan
External Resources
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References
- ↑ The Guardian, DD Guttenplan, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ David Smith, The Nation: oldest weekly magazine in the US names new editor, Guardian, April 10, 2019, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 D. D. Guttenplan, About, personal website, accessed September 16, 2019.
- ↑ Jewish Quarterly, Don Guttenplan, organizational website, accessed September 16, 2019.
