Simeon Strunsky

Journalist, born in Vitebsk, Russia. A long-serving editorial writer and columnist for the New York Post and (1924–48) New York Times, he was an ardent liberal, known for his pungent style and light touch.

Simeon Strunsky, A.B. (July 23, 1879–February 5, 1948) was an American essayist, born at Vitebsk, Russia. He was a department editor of the New International Encyclopedia from 1900 to 1906, editorial writer on the New York Evening Post from 1906 to 1913, and subsequently was literary editor of that paper until 1920. He wrote:

Through the Outlooking Glass with Theodore Roosevelt (1912) The Patient Observer (1911) Belshazzar Court, or Village Life in New York City (1914) Post-Impressions (1914)

He joined the New York Times in 1924 and was on staff until his death in Princeton, New Jersey, where he was hospitalized for three months.