Philip Gourevitch has been named the new editor of the Paris Review.
Gourevitch, 43, is a well-known author and long-time staff writer of The New Yorker. His appointment comes at a time of renewed enthusiasm and support for sustaining The Paris Review following the death, in 2003, of George Plimpton, who had presided over the magazine for its first half century. "Philip greatly impressed us," said Robert Silvers, co-editor of The New York Review of Books, who led the Search Committee. "He is best known for his brilliant reporting. But he has an intense interest in fiction and fresh ideas for the magazine. His editorship promises to continue the tradition of The Paris Review by surprising us with new writing."
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