The Nation
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'' since 1988. He also writes a column on the visual arts for ''
The New York Daily News
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''.
Education
He obtained his degree from
Yale University
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.
Awards and honors
He won the 2007
National Magazine Award
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for Reviews and Criticism and he received a 2003
Guggenheim Fellowship
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to work on a critical study of
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Origina ...
. His 1998 book ''Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order'' was a finalist in the Criticism category for the
Manny Farber
Emanuel Farber (February 20, 1917 – August 18, 2008) was an American painter, film critic and writer. Often described as "iconoclastic",Grimes, William (August 19, 2008) ''New York Times''Kiderra, Inga (August 21, 2008Obituary: Artist and Crit ...
and
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby (July 27, 1924 – October 15, 2000) was an American film and theatre critic who served as the chief film critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 until his death in ...
. His work has appeared in ''
The New York Times
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''.
Books
*''Film Follies: The Cinema Out of Order''
*''Left in the Dark: Film Reviews and Essays, 1988-2001''
Family
Klawans is the son of the late Yoletta Klawans, a first grade teacher, and the late Jack Klawans, a manager of a chain of women's clothing stores. Klawans is married to Bali Miller, a private advisor in modern and contemporary art in New York. He lives in New York City.