Nat Hentoff

Critic, Author

1925 –

15

Who is Nat Hentoff?

Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff is an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal.

Hentoff was formerly a columnist for Down Beat, The Village Voice, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writing has also been published in the New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal and in the Italian Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo.

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Born
Jun 10, 1925
Boston
Also known as
  • Hentoff, Nat
  • Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff
  • Nathan Irving Hentoff
  • Nat
Religion
  • Atheism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Northeastern University
Lived in
  • Fire Island

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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