Andrew Patner

Andrew Patner
Born December 17, 1959
Chicago, Illinois
Died February 3, 2015
Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater University of Wisconsin at Madison(B.A.)
University of Chicago Law School
Occupation Journalist, broadcaster, Arts critic, author, interviewer
Partner(s) Tom Bachtell

Andrew Patner (December 17, 1959 – February 3, 2015) was a Chicago-based journalist, broadcaster, critic, and interviewer. From 1998 until his death in 2015 he served as Critic-at-Large for WFMT radio, which broadcast his wide-ranging weekly interview and commentary program, Critical Thinking. He was also a regular contributor of arts journalism to the Chicago Sun-Times from 1991 until his death.[1]

Previously, he worked as an arts critic for WBEZ and as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. His book about the iconoclastic journalist I.F. Stone was published in 1988.

Patner was born in Chicago and attended the College of the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he graduated with a B.A. in history.[2] In 1993, he became the first regular writer for a mainstream Chicago newspaper to write about being gay.[3] His partner of 25 years, Tom Bachtell, is an acclaimed illustrator for The New Yorker magazine.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Arts critic Andrew Patner dies at 55; versatile Chicago writer, radio host". Chicago. 3 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Andrew Patner, art critic and UChicago alumnus (1959–2015)". uchicago.edu.
  3. ↑ "Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame". glhalloffame.org.
  4. ↑ "Tom Bachtell - The New Yorker". The New Yorker.

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