Andrew Patner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andrew Patner

American journalist

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1959

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 03-Feb-2015

Profession: journalist, critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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About Andrew Patner

  • Andrew Patner (December 17, 1959 – February 3, 2015) was an American Chicago-based journalist, broadcaster, critic, and interviewer. Patner was born in Chicago and attended Kenwood Academy.
  • He went on to attend the College of the University of Chicago, where he served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Chicago Maroon from 1979-1980.Patner received a BA in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1985.
  • He attended the University of Chicago Law School, but left the program in 1988 to further pursue a career in journalism.
  • His book, I.F.
  • Stone: a portrait, about the iconoclastic journalist I.F.
  • Stone was published in the same year.
  • From 1989-1990, Patner served as a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal.Beginning in 1991, Patner was a regular contributor of arts criticism to the Chicago Sun-Times.
  • Patner contributed over 2,000 pieces of arts criticism covering a broad range of topics including music, dance, books, and film.
  • Beginning in 2006, he served as the publication’s classical music and opera critic.
  • Patner worked for Chicago’s National Public Radio affiliate WBEZ for eight years as an arts critic, program host, and producer.
  • He also served as critic-at-large for WFMT Fine Arts Radio, where he hosted a weekly program called “Critical Thinking” from 1998 until his death in 2015. While working as editor-in-chief for the Chicago Maroon in 1979, Patner began covering LGBT subjects, including the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
  • In 1993, Patner became the first regular writer for a mainstream Chicago newspaper to write about being gay.
  • His partner of 25 years, Tom Bachtell, is an acclaimed illustrator for The New Yorker magazine.Patner died suddenly in 2015.

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