Full Name Elliot E. Cohen Name Elliot Cohen Nationality American Education Yale University | Occupation Writer, Editor Religion Judaism | |
Born March 14, 1899 ( 1899-03-14 ) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Known for Founding editor of Commentary Magazine Died May 28, 1959, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Employer American Jewish Committee | ||
Elliot E. Cohen (1899–1959) was founder-editor of Commentary Magazine, published by the American Jewish Committee (no longer affiliated) from 1945 till his death (suicide) in 1959. During his tenure at Commentary, the magazine had a liberal point of view. His editor position was filled by Norman Podhoretz in 1960, by Neal Kozodoy in 1995, and by John Podhoretz in 2009.
While an undergraduate at Yale, Cohen contributed light verse to a campus humor magazine, The Yale Record.
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