Seymour Krim

Seymour Krim
Krim sitting on a stoop in the East Village
Born
Seymour Monroe Krim

May 11, 1922
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 30, 1989(1989-08-30) (aged 67)
New York City, U.S.
Notable worksViews of a Nearsighted Cannoneer
ParentsAbraham Krim (father)
Ida Goldberg (mother)

Seymour Krim (May 11, 1922 – August 30, 1989) was an American author, editor and literary critic. In the 1950s and '60s, he contributed essays and journalistic pieces to The Village Voice, New York Herald Tribune, The Evergreen Review, Commentary, and Commonweal. Krim's best-known book was the 1961 essay collection, Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer. With his "naked, introspective" prose style, he was often linked to Beat Generation writers and to the New Journalism.

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