Robert A. Simon

Robert Alfred Simon (1897 in New York City 27 April 1981 in New York City) was an American writer, translator, and music critic for The New Yorker from its first issue in 1925 until 1948. A graduate of Columbia University, in addition to his original fiction he wrote opera and musical comedy librettos for several composers. In 1927 he penned a widely praised English translation of Gounod's Faust for Vladimir Rosing's American Opera Company.

His writing varied in subject from social criticism (Our Little Girl) to detective fiction (The Weekend Mystery) to the satire of artists and musicians (Sweet & Low).

Selected works

Books

  • Our Little Girl (1923)
  • The Week-end Mystery (1926)
  • Sweet & Low: A Smashing Indictment of the Younger Generation (1926)
  • Bronx Ballads (1927) [Editor]
  • The Pamphlet Poets: The New York Wits" (1927) [Editor]

Translations

Librettos

Sources

Preceded by
None
Music Critic of The New Yorker
1925–1948
Succeeded by
Winthrop Sargeant


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