David Hajdu
David Hajdu | |
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David Hadju at Columbia University in 2015 | |
Born | Phillipsburg, New Jersey, US |
Occupation | Professor, music critic, writer |
Nationality | US |
Period | 1965–present |
Notable works |
Lush Life Positively 4th Street The Ten-Cent Plague |
Spouse | Karen Oberlin |
Children | 3 |
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David Hajdu is an American columnist, author and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was the music critic for The New Republic for 12 years[1] and is music editor at The Nation.[2][1]
Early life
Hajdu was born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey and attended New York University, where he majored in journalism.[3]
His first professional work was illustrating for The Easton Express in 1972.[4] He started writing for The Village Voice and Rolling Stone in 1979, and was the founding editor of Video Review magazine, where he worked from 1980 to 1984.[4] In the late 1980s began teaching at The New School, and was an editor at Entertainment Weekly from 1990 to 1999.[4] He has taught at the University of Chicago (as nonfiction writer in residence), Syracuse University, and Columbia University,[4] where he is an associate professor of journalism.[1]
His biographical work includes Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn,[5] and Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina. His nonfiction work includes The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America,[6] and Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture.
Awards
- 1997 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award: Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn[7]
- 2002 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award: Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina[7]
- Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award: Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina[8]
- Finalist, Firecracker Book Award: Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina[8]
- 2002 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award: Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture[7]
Personal life
Hajdu has three children, Jacob, Victoria, and Nathan, and lives in Manhattan with his wife, singer and actress Karen Oberlin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Faculty: David Hajdu". Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Masthead". The Nation. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Bell, Bill (April 30, 1999). "Long Live the Duke". Daily News (New York City). Retrieved March 14, 2011.
He was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., where his father was a mill worker and his mother a waitress. He majored in journalism at New York University, and except for a brief flirtation with the Episcopal priesthood as a seminarian at the New York General Theological Seminary, he has worked as a writer and editor for about 25 years.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "About". David Hajdu (official site). Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Silent Partner". The New York Times. July 14, 1996. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ↑ Minzesheimer, Bob (March 19, 2008). "'Ten-Cent Plague': Comic books and censorship". USA Today. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Prof. David Hajdu wins Deems Taylor Award for music criticism". Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Critics Announce Book Award Finalists". The New York Times. January 29, 2002. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
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