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Full Name: John Simon
Biography:
(1925-2019) Critic. John Simon was born in Subotica, Yugoslavia, and died in Valhalla, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1925 (Unknown) County
John Simon was born Ivan Simmon in Subotica, Yugoslavia, on May 12, 1925. 
1941 (Unknown) County
Mr. Simon moved with his family to the United States in 1941. 
1942 (Unknown) County
Mr. Simon attended the Horace Mann School in New York. 
1950 Dutchess County
Mr. Simon taught literature and the humanities at several colleges including Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York, in the 1950s. 
2019 New York County
Mr. Simon lived with his wife in Manhattan, New York, at the time of his death. 
1981 (Unknown) County
Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and Its Decline
(Pub: Vintage/Ebury ISBN: 0701126019 ISBN-13: 978-0701126018)
Criticism.  
1981 (Unknown) County
Reverse Angle: A Decade Of American Films
(Pub: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. / Crown Publishers ISBN: 9780517544716 ISBN-13: 978-0517544716)
Criticism. 
1963 (Unknown) County
Acid Test
(Pub: Stein and Day ISBN: 1125163518 ISBN-13: 978-112516351)
Criticism. 
1971 (Unknown) County
Movies Into Film: Criticism, 1967-1970
(Pub: Dial Press ISBN: )
Criticism. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Ingmar Bergman Directs
(Pub: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN: 0151443777 ISBN-13: 978-0151443772)
Criticism. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Uneasy Stages: A Chronicle Of The New York Theater, 1963-1973
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394498054 ISBN-13: 978-0394498058)
Criticism. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Singularities: Essays On The Theater, 1964-1974
(Pub: Random House ISBN: 0394731182 ISBN-13: 978-0394731186)
Criticism. 
2019 Westchester County
John Simon died at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York, on November 24, 2019. 
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