Yorick Blumenfeld
{{Short description|Dutch-born British writer (1932–2024)}}
{{Sources|date=April 2024}}
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| name = Yorick Blumenfeld
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1932|04|11}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|04|08|1932|04|11}}
| death_place = Grantchester, England
| education = Columbia Grammar School, Harvard University
| occupation = Writer
| family = Erwin Blumenfeld (father)
| spouse = Helaine Blumenfeld
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Yorick Blumenfeld (11 April 1932 – 8 April 2024) was a Dutch-born British writer.
Biography
Yorick Blumenfeld was born in Amsterdam on 11 April 1932,{{cite web |title=Yorick Blumenfeld |url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?188987 |website=ISFDB |access-date=23 April 2024}} the son of Erwin Blumenfeld.{{r|harv}} In 1941, his family moved to New York City, where he attended Columbia Grammar School. He was at Harvard from 1950 to 1954.{{r|harv|mick}} In 1999, he edited The Naked and the Veiled, a collection of photographs by his father.{{r|nus}} He was married to the sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld.{{r|harv}}
In 1969, he moved to the United Kingdom with his wife, Helaine. They settled in Grantchester, near Cambridge, where he died at his home, on 8 April 2024, at the age of 91. He was survived by his wife Helaine, their sons Remy and Jared, and two grandchildren.{{cite web |title=Yorick Blumenfeld |url=https://www.legacy.com/united-kingdom/announcements/yorick-blumenfeld/4ade2680-ea31-4350-81ba-448a501be63b/view/ |website=Legacy |access-date=23 April 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=William |title=Yorick Blumenfeld obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/23/yorick-blumenfeld-obituary |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 April 2024}}
Publications
- Towards The Millennium: Optimistic visions for Change, Chimera Publications
- The Waters of Forgetfulness, Quartet Books
- Jenny, My Diary, Penguin Books
- See-Saw, Harcourt Brace
- The Naked and The Veiled, Thames and Hudson
References
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Michael Thompson-Noel (2004). Yorick Blumenfeld. The Financial Times.
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Category:20th-century British non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century British male writers
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Writers from Amsterdam
Category:20th-century Dutch non-fiction writers
Category:20th-century Dutch male writers
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