Paul Levy
Encyclopedia
Paul Levy is a US/British author and journalist. He lives with his wife, Penelope Marcus, and children in Oxfordshire and London, UK.
With Ann Barr (and synchronically Gael Greene), he coined the word "foodie
" (and some say, exemplified the concept). He has won many British and American food writing and journalism prizes, including two commendations in the national British Press Awards, in 1985 and 1987.
; University of Chicago
; University College London
; Harvard (Ph.D. 1979); Nuffield College, Oxford
.
in the 1980s. He was subsequently arts correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, where he reported to Raymond Sokolov
, and Wall Street Journal Europe. He is now chief reviewer of food-related books for The Observer, and contributes obituaries to the Independent. He is co-literary executor with Michael Holroyd
of Lytton Strachey
's estate, trustee
of the Strachey Trust, Jane Grigson
Trust, and co-chair with Claudia Roden
of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery
.
With Ann Barr (and synchronically Gael Greene), he coined the word "foodie
Foodie
Foodie is an informal term for a particular class of aficionado of food and drink. The word was coined in 1981 by Paul Levy and Ann Barr, who used it in the title of their 1984 book The Official Foodie Handbook.- Distinguished from gourmet :...
" (and some say, exemplified the concept). He has won many British and American food writing and journalism prizes, including two commendations in the national British Press Awards, in 1985 and 1987.
Education
Levy attended Lafayette High School, Lexington, KYLafayette High School (Lexington, Kentucky)
Lafayette Senior High School is a public high school located in Lexington, Kentucky's Picadome neighborhood. The school is one of five high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools district. It is among the largest high schools in Kentucky....
; University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
; University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
; Harvard (Ph.D. 1979); Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College, Oxford
Nuffield College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is an all-graduate college and primarily a research establishment, specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. It is a research centre in the social sciences...
.
Work experience
Levy was Food and Wine editor for The ObserverThe Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
in the 1980s. He was subsequently arts correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, where he reported to Raymond Sokolov
Raymond Sokolov
Raymond Sokolov is a journalist who has written extensively about food. He wrote the "Eating Out" column for The Wall Street Journal's weekend edition from 2006 until March 2010....
, and Wall Street Journal Europe. He is now chief reviewer of food-related books for The Observer, and contributes obituaries to the Independent. He is co-literary executor with Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd
Sir Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd, FRHS, FRSL is an English biographer.-Life:Holroyd was born in London and educated at Eton College, though he has often claimed Maidenhead Public Library as his alma mater....
of Lytton Strachey
Lytton Strachey
Giles Lytton Strachey was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit...
's estate, trustee
Trustee
Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another...
of the Strachey Trust, Jane Grigson
Jane Grigson
Jane Grigson was a notable English cookery writer.-Life and writings:...
Trust, and co-chair with Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden
Claudia Roden is a cookbook writer based in the United Kingdom. She was born 1936 in Cairo, Egypt. After completing her formal education in Paris, she moved to London to study art...
of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery
Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery
The Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery meets annually, currently at St Catherine's College, Oxford, to discuss issues of concern to those, academics and non-academics alike, whose principal professional concern or interest is food history, taken in its broadest sense.The Oxford Symposium is the...
.
Publications
- (ed.) Lytton Strachey: The Really Interesting Question, 1972
- Moore: G.E. Moore and the Cambridge Apostles, 1979
- (co-ed. with Michael HolroydMichael HolroydSir Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd, FRHS, FRSL is an English biographer.-Life:Holroyd was born in London and educated at Eton College, though he has often claimed Maidenhead Public Library as his alma mater....
) The Shorter Strachey, 1980 - (co-author with Ann Barr) The Official Foodie Handbook, 1984
- Out to Lunch, 1986
- Finger-Lickin' Good: A Kentucky childhood, 1990
- The Feast of Christmas, 1992. Writer and presenter of 5-part Channel Four network/ABC (Australia)/CBC (Canada) TV series with same title
- (ed.) The Penguin Book of Food and Drink, 1996
- (ed.) Eminent VictoriansEminent VictoriansEminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey , first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had till then been regarded as heroes and heroine...
, The Definitive Edition, 2002 - (ed.) The Letters of Lytton StracheyLytton StracheyGiles Lytton Strachey was a British writer and critic. He is best known for establishing a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit...
, 2005