By Benjamin Ivry
Norman Corwin, the writer and radio producer who died last year at age 101, was often dubbed the ‘poet laureate of radio.’ But he was rather more than that.
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By Benjamin Ivry
The marriage of Martha Bernays and Sigmund Freud in 1886 united two distinguished German-Jewish families who hardly need more publicity.
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By Benjamin Ivry
Benjamin Stora combines history and self-history. He has become embroiled in controversy over the role of Muslims in saving French Jews from the Holocaust.
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By Benjamin Ivry
Photographer Gisele Freund captured camera-shy European writers in the 1930s. A new exhibit suggests that Freund was a more complex creative spirit than was thought.
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By Benjamin Ivry
Tunisian-born writer Colette Fellous was enriched by a panoply of influences, from surrealist André Breton to her teacher, philosopher Roland Barthes.
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