Paul Jordan-Smith
Encyclopedia
Paul Jordan-Smith was an American journalist
, editor
, and author
from Los Angeles, California
.
He produced an all-English
edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy
by Robert Burton
, and, posing as the fictitious "Pavel Jerdanowitch", founded the Disumbrationist school of modern painting
as a hoax
.(27 January 1931). Pictures Painted to "Show Up" the Critics Bring Fame to Mythical Modernistic Artist, Lawrence Journal-World
(Associated Press
) He was married to (they later divorced) writer Sarah Bixby Smith.(18 June 1971). Ex-Times Book Editor Paul Jordan-Smith Dies, Los Angeles Times
("Paul Jordan-Smith, 86, former book editor of The Times and one of the leading authorities on the writings of 17th century author Robert Burton, died Thursday in Santa Monica Hospital.")
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, and author
Author
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from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
He produced an all-English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy The Anatomy of Melancholy The Anatomy of Melancholy (Full title: The Anatomy of Melancholy, What it is: With all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes, and Several Cures of it. In Three Maine Partitions with their several Sections, Members, and Subsections...
by Robert Burton
Robert Burton (scholar)
Robert Burton was an English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy. He was also the incumbent of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and of Segrave in Leicestershire.-Life:...
, and, posing as the fictitious "Pavel Jerdanowitch", founded the Disumbrationist school of modern painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
as a hoax
Hoax
A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...
.(27 January 1931). Pictures Painted to "Show Up" the Critics Bring Fame to Mythical Modernistic Artist, Lawrence Journal-World
Lawrence Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal-World is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas by The World Company.-History:Though the Journal-World title only came into existence in 1911, according to the volume number of the current masthead of the paper, the paper dates itself back to 1858.The Simons family...
(Associated Press
Associated Press
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) He was married to (they later divorced) writer Sarah Bixby Smith.(18 June 1971). Ex-Times Book Editor Paul Jordan-Smith Dies, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
("Paul Jordan-Smith, 86, former book editor of The Times and one of the leading authorities on the writings of 17th century author Robert Burton, died Thursday in Santa Monica Hospital.")