Alice Glaser
American writer and magazine editor (1928–1970)
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Alice Glaser (December 3, 1928 — August 22, 1970) was an American writer and an editor at Esquire magazine.
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Alice Glaser, 1950 | |
| Born | October 3, 1928 |
| Died | August 22, 1970 (aged 41) New York, United States |
| Occupation | Editor of Esquire |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Years active | 1950s–1960s |
| Spouse | Jean-Paul Surmain |
Early life
Alice Glaser was raised on Long Island, the daughter of Hilda Glaser and Lewis Glaser.[1] She attended Woodmere High School, graduating in 1946. She completed her undergraduate studies at Radcliffe College in 1950, with a senior thesis on Joseph Conrad.[2]
Career
From 1958, Glaser worked at Esquire magazine,[3] eventually as associate editor under Harold Hayes.[4] In that position, she was regularly in contact with prominent authors and potential authors, such as Martin Luther King Jr.[5] and Diane Arbus.[6] She also wrote articles for the magazine. One of her contributions in 1963, "Back on the Open Road for Boys", described the week she spent in India with Allen Ginsberg.[7] Other articles by Glaser included an interview with "the last of the Seneca chiefs" in 1964,[8] and "Hair!" (1965), an exploration of teen girls' beauty culture.[9]
She also wrote book reviews for the Chicago Tribune.[10] In 1961, her dystopian story "The Tunnel Ahead" was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.[11] The story has been much anthologized and was adapted into the award-winning short film The Tunnel (Tunnelen, 2016) by André Øvredal.[2]
