William Shawn, R I P. (New Yorker magazine editor) (Obituary)

National Review | January 18, 1993| | Copyright

Mr. John O'Sullivan

National Review

Dear John:

You asked me to do an obit on William Shawn, and I replied that I could not write a formal piece about him because of the odd intimacy of my experiences with him. I speak of a man on whom I laid eyes twice in my life.

The day the newspapers carried the news of his death a letter from him arrived at the office. It was handwritten and had been mailed the day before he died. I quote it in full:

Dear Mr. Buckley:

Thank you for sending me copies of WindFall and In Search of Anti-Semitism. Since you are the ...

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