William Honan
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William Holmes Honan (May 11, 1930 – April 28, 2014) was an American journalist and author who directed coverage of the arts at The New York Times as its culture editor in the 1980s.[1] Honan held senior editorial positions at the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Saturday Review and The Villager, a weekly newspaper serving downtown Manhattan.[2][3]
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Born | William Holmes Honan (1930-05-11)May 11, 1930 |
Died | April 28, 2014(2014-04-28) (aged 83) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
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Honan also helped solve the theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg: the disappearance of over $200 million worth of medieval treasures from Quedlinburg, Germany at the end of World War II.[4] The quest to find the "Quedlinburg Hoard" later became the subject of one of Honan's books.