Parker Tyler

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Parker Tyler (born March 6, 1904 in New Orleans , † June 1974 in New York City ) was an American author , poet and film critic .

Life

As a writer and film critic, Tyler has written several books on American films. His longtime partner was the underground film director Charles Boultenhouse (1926–1994). He has frequently written articles for the US magazines View , The Kenyon Review , Partisan Review , Evergreen Review and the film magazines Film Culture and Film Quarterly . Tyler also wrote poetry and received the Longview Award for Poetry for his poetry in 1958 .

Works (selection)

  • The Hollywood Hallucination (New York: Creative Age, 1944)
  • Magic and Myth of the Movies (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947)
  • Chaplin: Last of the Clowns (New York: The Vanguard Press, 1948)
  • The Three Faces of the Film: the Art, the Dream, the Cult (New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1960)
  • Classics of the Foreign Film: A Pictorial Treasury (Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1962)
  • Sex Psyche Etcetera in the Film (New York: Horizon Press, 1969)
  • Underground Film: A Critical History (New York: Grove Press, 1969)
  • The Shadow of an Airplane Climbs the Empire State Building (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973)
  • The Will of Eros: Selected Poems 1930-1970 (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972)

Awards and prizes (selection)

  • 1958: Longview Award for Poetry

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personal data
SURNAME Tyler, Parker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tyler, Harrison Parker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and film critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH June 1974
Place of death New York City