Paige Rense

Paige Rense
Rense in her office in 1976
Born
Patty Lou Pashong

(1929-05-04)May 4, 1929
Des Moines, Iowa, US
DiedJanuary 1, 2021(2021-01-01) (aged 91)
Occupation(s)Writer and editor
Known forEditor of Architectural Digest, 1975–2010
Spouse(s)Richard F. Gardner (m.1950)
David Thomas (m.?–1956)
Arthur F. Rense (m.1958–1974 and 1987–1990)
Kenneth Noland (m.1994–2010)

Paige Rense, also known as Paige Rense Noland (May 4, 1929 – January 1, 2021) was an American writer and editor who served as editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest magazine from 1975 until 2010.[1] She founded the Arthur Rense Prize poetry award.[2][3] Rense also transformed the cooking magazine Bon Appétit into its modern format, was editor-in-chief of GEO, and wrote a mystery novel, Manor House (Doubleday, 1997).[4][5]

  1. ^ "Media". Observer. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Arthur F. Rense, Public Relations Executive, 74". The New York Times. January 5, 1991. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "American Academy of Arts and Letters". www.artsandletters.org. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Brown, Patricia Leigh (March 13, 1997). "Finding Sleaze Amid the Chintz". The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  5. ^ Joanne Powell, "Paige Rense, Editor in Chief of Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, and GEO", Washington Journalism Review, May 1983, pp 36–41