Plimpton, George Ames

Plimpton, George Ames
▪ 2004

      American writer and editor (b. March 18, 1927, New York, N.Y.—d. Sept. 25/26, 2003, New York City), served as editor of the Paris Review from its first issue in 1953, guiding its publication of serious fiction and poetry, especially the works of new talent, and interviews with well-known writers. He was more generally renowned, however, as a participatory journalist, engaging in a host of activities—including playing baseball, boxing, circus performing, golfing, and playing percussion in an orchestra—and then writing about the experience, perhaps most notably in Paper Lion (1966), which recounted his stint playing football with the Detroit Lions.

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