Henry R. Luce (1898–1967)
Auteur de Life's Picture History of Western Man
A propos de l'auteur
Henry R. Luce was a student at Yale University when he and Briton ("Brit") Hadden, both editors of the Yale Daily News, conceived of the idea of a magazine of news rewritten from the daily newspapers. Not long after, on March 3, 1923, they published the first issue of Time magazine. Luce was then afficher plus only 23. The facts of the news came from the daily newspapers. Time writers appropriated them without permission, summarized them, embellished them with novelistic flourishes, and produced a lively weekly digest of the news. The magazine turned its first profit in three years. By 1935, Time was making $2.2 million a year, Luce was rich, and his magazine was fashionable and influential. (Hadden had died at 31 from flu complications.) Luce broke the twentieth-century journalistic canon that news should be presented objectively by unashamedly slanting it to conform to his conservative opinions. This practice was the subject of controversy throughout his life. The writer Merle Miller, who worked for Time for many years, once described the magazine this way in a public lecture: "It's edited brilliantly, is well written, but is dishonestly written. It is extremely unified in that every single story carries the slant of its editor, Henry Luce." Luce had strong views and believed that "impartiality is often an impediment to truth." Born in China to American Protestant missionaries, he saw America's mission as a crusade to save the world, particularly from communism, and consciously used his magazine to advance this view with the American public and officials. Keeping dictatorial Chiang Kai-shek in power in China and the communists out was one of his most fervent crusades. The Vietnam War was another. Luce enjoyed his journal's influence: "Time is the most powerful publication in America," he wrote in a policy memo to his executives. Time writers who saw things differently either learned to accept revision of their work or left. It was hard to leave, however, because pay and perks were the best in the business. Luce was a world traveler who mixed with heads of state, politicians, and diplomats, often passing on the substance of his conversations with them to his editors. His second wife, the editor and playwright Clare Boothe Luce, rose to prominence in national politics, serving as a congresswoman from Connecticut (1943--47) and as U.S. ambassador to Italy (1953--57). Luce's superb editorial instincts made him the giant of magazine journalism in the twentieth century. He brought out three other highly successful magazines: the business magazine Fortune in 1930, the picture magazine Life in 1936, and the flashy Sports Illustrated in to Newsweek, Life 1954. Where he created, others copied: Time gave rise to Look, and Sports Illustrated to a number of imitators. The company he founded grew into one of the nation's leading media corporations. When Luce died, Newsweek put him on its cover and said:"There has been no one like him in the history of modern journalism." (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Henry & Clare Boothe Luce
Photo by Phil Stanziola, New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Photo by Phil Stanziola, New York World-Telegram & Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Œuvres de Henry R. Luce
Time — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
Life Magazine 1936.11.23 November 23, 1936 6 exemplaires
Life's Picture History of World War II 5 exemplaires
Henry R. Luce: April 3, 1898 - February 28, 1967 4 exemplaires
The ideas of Henry Luce 3 exemplaires
The American century 2 exemplaires
Life Magazine, October 10, 1969 (Vol. 67, No. 15) 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, 16 June 1947 1 exemplaire
Fortune, August 1933 Volume VIII, Number 2 1 exemplaire
Hungary's Fight for Freedom: A Special Report in Pictures (By the Editors of Life Magazine) 1 exemplaire
life's picture history of western man 1 exemplaire
Time Capsule / 1939-45 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - March 20, 1939 - Joe Martin on Cover 1 exemplaire
Cover photograph of Hemingway, "The Dangerous Summer" (part one of serialization) and "The Spain Hemingway Loves" in… 1 exemplaire
Architectural Forum, August 1959 1 exemplaire
LIFE MAGAZINE February 26, 1940 with Houston Drive-In on the cover. MARCH OF TIME films Pope and Vatican. (1940) 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, July 1990 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine - November 18, 1957 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - December 22, 1961 - SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE, OUR SPLENDID OUTDOORS ON COVER 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, Volume 29, No. 16, October 16, 1950: Special Issue: U.S. Schools: They Face a Crisis 1 exemplaire
Life, March 23, 1959 - Vol. 46, No. 12 1 exemplaire
Life at war 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - October 13, 1941 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, October 12, 1942 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine ~ August 25, 1941 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - July 20, 1942 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - November 30, 1942 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, March 29, 1948 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, September 6, 1948 1 exemplaire
LIFE Magazine - June 7, 1968 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 12/1/47 December 1, 1947 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.06.07 June 7, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1945.09.17 September 17, 1945 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1945.09.24 September 24, 1945 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine, 23 October 1939 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine - March 1997 1 exemplaire
Time Capsule/1949 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine - March 1984 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.08.02 August 2, 1937 1 exemplaire
The Best of Life 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.01.25 January 25, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.04.19 April 19, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.05.31 May 31, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.06.14 June 14, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.07.26 July 26, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.10.04 October 4, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.10.18 October 18, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.11.15 November 15, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.11.29 November 29, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.12.20 December 20, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.01.24 January 24, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.02.07 February 7, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.06.27 June 27, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1960.09.19 September 19, 1960 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.02.21 February 21, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.08.16 August 16, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.08.23 August 23, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.08.30 August 30, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.09.06 September 6, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.09.20 September 20, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.09.27 September 27, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.10.11 October 11, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.11.01 November 1, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.11.08 November 8, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.11.22 November 22, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.01.03 January 3, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.01.17 January 17, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.01.31 January 31, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.02.14 February 14, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.02.28 February 28, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.07.05 July 5, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.03.07 March 7, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.03.14 March 14, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.03.21 March 21, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.03.28 March 28, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.04.18 April 18, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.04.25 April 25, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.05.02 May 2, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.05.09 May 9, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.06.06 June 6, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1938.06.20 June 20, 1938 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1957.03.11 March 11, 1957 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.08.09 August 9, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.06.28 June 28, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1936.11.30 November 30, 1936 1 exemplaire
Platen kookboek 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1936.12.14 December 14, 1936 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.05.24 May 24, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1936.12.21 December 21, 1936 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1936.12.28 December 28, 1936 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.01.04 January 4, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.01.18 January 18, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.02.01 February 1, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.02.15 February 15, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.02.22 February 22, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.03.01 March 1, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.03.08 March 8, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.03.15 March 15, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.04.05 April 5, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.04.12 April 12, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.04.26 April 26, 1937 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1937.05.10 May 10, 1937 1 exemplaire
The Camera 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine 1966.10.21 October 21, 1966 1 exemplaire
Life Magazine: April 26, 1937, Vol 2, No. 17 1 exemplaire
Life's Picture History of WW II 1 exemplaire
Time 50 1 exemplaire
Fortune Magazine 1934 March 1 exemplaire
LIFE MAGAZINE OCTOBER 17, 1938 CAROLE LOMBARD COVER 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Luce, Henry R.
- Nom légal
- Luce, Henry Robinson
- Date de naissance
- 1898-04-03
- Date de décès
- 1967-02-28
- Lieu de sépulture
- Mepkin Abbey, South Carolina, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Penglai City, China
- Lieu du décès
- Fishers Island, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- China
USA - Études
- Yale University
Oxford University - Professions
- publisher
journalist - Relations
- Luce, Clare Boothe (wife)
- Organisations
- Life Magazine
Time Inc.
Fortune Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 310
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 758
- Popularité
- #33,556
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 83
- ISBN
- 8
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