What is John Simon (critic)?
{{Infobox writer |name = John Simon |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_name= John Simmon |birth_date= {{birth date|1925|05|12}} |birth_place= [[Subotica]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]]<br><small>(now [[Subotica]], [[Serbia]])</small> |death_date= {{death date and age|2019|11|24|1925|05|12}} |death_place= [[Valhalla, New York]], U.S. |occupation= {{hlist|Critic|blogger}} |education = [[Horace Mann School]] |subjects = {{hlist|Theatre|film|literature}} |alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] |spouse = {{marriage|Patricia Hoag|1992}} |period = 1959–2019<ref name = ParisReview>[http://www.parisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/1282 ''The Paris Review''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110121610/http://parisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/1282 |date=2007-11-10 }}; accessed March 16, 2016.</ref> |module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes |branch = [[United States Army Air Forces]] |serviceyears = 1944–1945 |battles = [[World War II]] }} }} '''John Ivan Simon'''<!-- legal name --> (né '''Simmon''';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uncensoredsimon.blogspot.com/2018/04/|title=Uncensored John Simon|website=uncensoredsimon.blogspot.com}}</ref> May 12, 1925 − November 24, 2019) was a Serbian-born American author and literary, theater, and movie critic. ==Career== Simon wrote theater, movie, music, and book reviews for publications such as [[New York (magazine)|''New York'']], ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[The Hudson Review]]'', ''[[National Review]]'', ''[[Opera News]]'', ''[[The New Leader]]'', ''[[Commonweal (magazine)|Commonweal]]'', ''[[The New Criterion]]'' and ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''. He also wrote essays to ''[[The Weekly Standard]]''. Simon was the theater critic at ''New York'' for 36 years from October 1968 until May 2005.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92861.html ''Playbill'' news article] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050630074350/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92861.html|date=2005-06-30}}; retri