Frank Rich

Frank Rich
Rich in 2004
Rich in 2004
BornFrank Hart Rich Jr.
(1949-06-02) June 2, 1949 (age 75)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • television producer
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Period1971–present
GenreNon-fiction
Spouse
  • Gail Winston
    (m. 1976; div. 1987)
  • Alex Witchel
    (m. 1991)
Children

Frank Hart Rich Jr.[1] (born 1949) is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist,[2][3] who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011.[4] He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO.

Rich is currently writer-at-large for New York magazine, where he writes essays on politics and culture and engages in regular dialogues on news of the week for the "Daily Intelligencer".[5] He served as executive producer of the long-running HBO comedy series Veep, having joined the show at its outset in 2011, and of the HBO drama series Succession.

  1. ^ "Alex Witchel, Times Theater Writer, To Marry Frank Rich, Critic, in June". The New York Times. March 24, 1991.
  2. ^ "Frank Rich and the State of Liberal Commentary, by Dennis Prager". www.creators.com. February 8, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Over-Rated Thinkers". The New Republic. November 3, 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTBio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Frank Rich Joins New York Magazine". New York Magazine. March 1, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.