Richard Locke (critic)

Richard Locke
Born1941 (1941)
Died2023 (aged 81–82)
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Clare College, Cambridge
OccupationsEditor, writer, professor
Employers

Richard Locke (September 17, 1941 - August 25, 2023) was an American critic and essayist. He was a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts and formerly served as the first editor-in-chief of the revived Vanity Fair and president of the National Book Critics Circle.