Nat Hentoff

Nathan Irving Hentoff June 10 1925 January 7 2017 was an American historian novelist jazz and country music critic and syndicated columnist for United Media Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009 Following his departure from The Village Voice Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal which published his works until his death He often wrote on First Amendment issues vigorously defending the freedom of the press Hentoff was formerly a columnist for Down Beat JazzTimes Legal Times The Washington Post The Washington Times The Progressive Editor Publisher and Free Inquiry He was a staff writer for The New Yorker and his writings were also published in The New York Times Jewish World Review The Atlantic The New Republic Commonweal and Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia