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John Ivan Simon (born May 12, 1925) is an American author and literary, theater, and film critic. ==Personal life== Simon was born in Subotica, Bačka, Bačka Oblast, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, later known (after 1929) as Yugoslavia (now North Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia). He is of Hungarian descent.〔Stefanova-Peteva, K. (1993). ( ''Who Calls the Shots on the New York Stages?'' ), page 26〕 The son of Joseph and Margaret (née Reves) Simmon, he grew up in Belgrade before immigrating to the United States in 1941 on a tourist visa to join his father.〔 By 1944 he was in United States Army Air Forces basic training camp in Wichita Falls, Texas. He attended Harvard University where he earned a B.A., an M.A., and a Ph.D. While a student, Simon was hired by playwright Lillian Hellman to prepare a translation of Jean Anouilh's ''The Lark'', but he was never paid for his work since Hellman claimed he had typed it in the wrong format. Simon has written theater, film, music, and book reviews for publications such as ''New York'', ''Esquire'', ''The Hudson Review'', ''National Review'', ''Opera News'', ''The New Leader'', ''Commonweal'', ''The New Criterion'' and ''The New York Times Book Review''. He also contributes a monthly essay to ''The Weekly Standard''. Simon was the theater critic at ''New York magazine'' for 36 years from October 1968 until May 2005.〔(''Playbill'' news article. ) Retrieved Jan. 28 2009〕 He wrote theater reviews for Bloomberg News from June 2005〔(''Theatermania'' news article ) Retrieved January 28, 2009〕 through November 2010. He currently reviews theater for ''The Westchester Guardian'' and ''Yonkers Tribune''. Simon played himself in a 1975 television episode of ''The Odd Couple''.〔(People Who Played Themselves at ODDCOUPLE.info )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Simon (critic)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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