Orville Prescott (September 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio – April 28, 1996, New Canaan, Connecticut) was the main book reviewer for The New York Times for 24 years. Born in Cleveland, Prescott graduated from Williams College in 1930. He began his career as a researcher for Newsweek, then known as News-Week, and became the literary editor of Cue Magazine before joining the Times, where he wrote three or four book reviews every week from 1942 through 1966. More than any other reviewer, he influenced sales of books across the country, and was held in high esteem. His reviews showed a preference for traditional novels with strong narratives and clear characterizations.
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| - Orville Prescott (* 8. September 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio; † 28. April 1996 in New Canaan, Connecticut) war ein amerikanischer Literaturkritiker. Von 1942 bis 1966 war er Chefrezensent der New York Times. Sein Sohn Peter S. Prescott (1935–2004) machte sich ebenfalls als Literaturkritiker einen Namen. (de)
- Orville Prescott (September 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio – April 28, 1996, New Canaan, Connecticut) was the main book reviewer for The New York Times for 24 years. Born in Cleveland, Prescott graduated from Williams College in 1930. He began his career as a researcher for Newsweek, then known as News-Week, and became the literary editor of Cue Magazine before joining the Times, where he wrote three or four book reviews every week from 1942 through 1966. More than any other reviewer, he influenced sales of books across the country, and was held in high esteem. His reviews showed a preference for traditional novels with strong narratives and clear characterizations. (en)
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| - Orville Prescott (* 8. September 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio; † 28. April 1996 in New Canaan, Connecticut) war ein amerikanischer Literaturkritiker. Von 1942 bis 1966 war er Chefrezensent der New York Times. Prescott studierte Englische Philologie am Williams College (B. A. 1930) und begann seine journalistische Laufbahn bei der Lokalzeitung Town Tidings in Cleveland, später wechselte er zu Newsweek. Als Literaturkritiker trat er in den 1930er Jahren zunächst als Freelancer mit Rezensionen für die New York Herald Tribune und die New York Times in Erscheinung. 1942 stellte ihn die Times als festen Redakteur ein; hier veröffentlichte er bis zu seiner Pensionierung im Jahre 1966 bis zu vier Buchrezensionen pro Woche und übte so einen großen Einfluss auf den amerikanischen Literaturbetrieb aus. Sein Literaturgeschmack war ausgeprägt konservativ, formalen Experimenten stand er skeptisch gegenüber, besonders aber Werken, die sein Sittlichkeitsgefühl verletzten. Dies brachte ihm den Zorn Gore Vidals ein, der Prescotts Betulichkeit in mehreren seiner Essays aufs Korn nahm. Sein Sohn Peter S. Prescott (1935–2004) machte sich ebenfalls als Literaturkritiker einen Namen. (de)
- Orville Prescott (September 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio – April 28, 1996, New Canaan, Connecticut) was the main book reviewer for The New York Times for 24 years. Born in Cleveland, Prescott graduated from Williams College in 1930. He began his career as a researcher for Newsweek, then known as News-Week, and became the literary editor of Cue Magazine before joining the Times, where he wrote three or four book reviews every week from 1942 through 1966. More than any other reviewer, he influenced sales of books across the country, and was held in high esteem. His reviews showed a preference for traditional novels with strong narratives and clear characterizations. In 1958 he reviewed Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and described it as "dull, dull, dull in a pretentious, florid and archly fatuous fashion." In 1961, Gore Vidal wrote a scathing portrait of Prescott as a reviewer. Vidal later wrote that Prescott was so offended by his depiction of a homosexual love affair in The City and the Pillar that he refused to review his work or allow the Times to review it. Prescott edited three anthologies about history and after his retirement wrote two books about the Italian Renaissance. (en)
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