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Ralph Ginzburg (October 28, 1929 – July 6, 2006) was an American author, editor, publisher and photo-journalist. He was best known for publishing books and magazines on erotica and art and for his conviction in 1963 for violating federal obscenity laws. ==Biography== Ginzburg studied journalism and accounting at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, and on graduation in 1949 became a copyboy and cub reporter at the ''New York Daily Compass''. Two years later he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War and assigned to Fort Myer, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, where he both edited the post newspaper, and took wedding photos for base marriages. While still in the Army, he worked at night as a copy editor for the Washington D.C. ''Times-Herald''.〔One of the photographers for the paper at that time was young Jacqueline Bouvier..〕 Upon discharge from the Army he shifted into broadcasting and magazines, working for ''Esquire magazine'', NBC, ''Reader's Digest'', ''Collier's'', ''LOOK'' and, as he put it, "other pillars of communications industry respectability". He finally saved enough money to rent his own office — a fifth floor walkup in an old Manhattan office building. His first publication was ''An Unhurried View of Erotica'' (New York: Helmsman Press, 1958). This rather scholarly-seeming book explored an ostensible undercurrent of pornography that runs throughout English literature. Beginning with a manuscript given by Leofric, Bishop of Exeter,〔''The Exeter Book'', a codex of Anglo-Saxon poems and one of the most important existing examples of Anglo-Saxon literature, was donated to the library by Leofric. It would have been valuable, as it was about 100 years old at the time. Although accurate translation of the work is currently impossible, the poem ''Wulf and Eadwacer'' certainly references a woman's physical desire for her absent lover. A fair attempt at a translation to modern English can be found at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/research/rawl/wulf/e_trans.htm〕 to his cathedral in 1070 through the outright pornographic work of the 1950s, ''An Unhurried View'' examines examples of English erotic literature in an interpretive and explanatory context. The end of the book includes a bibliography of 100 titles. He convinced the notable psychoanalyst Theodor Reik to write the introduction. In 1962, Ginzburg managed to conduct an extensive interview of 18-year-old Bobby Fischer, in what was to be practically the last formal interview Fischer ever gave. He sold the interview to ''Harper's Magazine'', which published it in January, 1962, entitled "Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master".〔(Portrait of a Genius As a Young Chess Master - Bobby-Fischer.net )〕 The interview of the reclusive chess genius continues to have popularity. In 1968, Ginzburg signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.〔“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''〕 Ginzburg was a vocal opponent of the practice of circumcision.〔()〕 He authored dozens of books and other publications, the last of which was ''I Shot New York'', a book about photojournalism. 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「Ralph Ginzburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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