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Stuart Klawans

Stuart Klawans

American film critic

Stuart Klawans has been the film critic for The Nation since 1988. He also writes a column on the visual arts for The New York Daily News.

Education

He obtained his degree from Yale University.[1]

Awards and honors

He won the 2007 National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism[2] and he received a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship to work on a critical study of Preston Sturges.[3] His 1998 book Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order was a finalist in the Criticism category for the National Book Critics Circle Award.[4]

Appearances

Klawans appears in the 2009 documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism describing the importance and impact of two deceased film critics, Manny Farber and Vincent Canby. His work has appeared in The New York Times.[5]

Books

  • Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order
  • Left in the Dark: Film Reviews and Essays, 1988-2001

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Family

Klawans is the son of the late Yoletta Klawans, a first grade teacher, and the late Jack Klawans, a manager of a chain of women's clothing stores. Klawans is married to Bali Miller, a private advisor in modern and contemporary art in New York.[1] He lives in New York City.

References

  1. [1]
    "Bali Miller, Stuart Klawans". The New York Times. March 30, 1997. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  2. [2]
    "National Magazine Awards 2007 Winners Announced". ASME. May 1, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Stuart Klawans". Guggenheim Fellowship. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "All Past National Book Critics Circle Award Winners and Finalists". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Stuart Klawans". The Nation. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Stuart Klawans". Hey Man Center. Retrieved July 30, 2019.


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