Cullen Murphy

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Cullen Murphy
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Murphy in 2007
BornJohn Cullen Murphy Jr.
(1952-09-01) September 1, 1952 (age 72)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • editor
Alma mater Amherst College
Parents John Cullen Murphy
Joan Byrne

John Cullen Murphy, Jr. (born September 1, 1952) is an American writer, journalist and editor who was managing editor of The Atlantic magazine from 1985 to 2006.

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Early life and education

He was born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1952, a son of illustrator and cartoonist John Cullen Murphy. [1] He grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland for several years, including 1966, the 50th anniversary of the Easter Revolution. [2]

Murphy graduated from Amherst College cum laude with a degree in European studies in 1974. [3] Murphy's first magazine job was in the paste-up department of Change, a magazine devoted to higher education.

Career

He became an editor of The Wilson Quarterly in 1977. From the mid-1970s until 2004 he worked with his father, John Cullen Murphy, as writer for the comic strip Prince Valiant , for which his father produced the artwork. [4] He is also the author of The Word According to Eve: Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own (1999); Are We Rome? (2007), which compares the politics and culture of Ancient Rome with that of the contemporary United States; [5] God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World (2012); and Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe (2017), a history of the cartoonists and illustrators from the Connecticut School. He currently serves as editor at large for Vanity Fair and is on the advisory board of the literary magazine The Common, based at Amherst College. [6] He previously chaired Amherst's Board of Trustees. [7]

Personal life

Murphy lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Anna Marie Torres Murphy. [8] He has three children, Jack, Anna, and Tim.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "John Cullen Murphy Cartoons An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University". Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ↑ Murphy, Cullen (March 14, 2022). "Ireland's Great Gamble," The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Cullen Murphy | 2019 Honorary Degrees & Awards | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  4. ↑ Cullen Murphy (September 21, 2009). "Triumphant Return; An insider expounds on "Prince Valiant"". Vanity Fair.
  5. ↑ Shafritz, Jay M.; Russell, E.W.; Borick, Christopher P. (2013). Introducing Public Administration (8 ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education. p. 211. ISBN   978-0-205-85589-6.
  6. ↑ "About | The Common". Thecommononline.org. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Cullen Murphy | 2019 Honorary Degrees & Awards | Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  8. ↑ "A 50-Year Journey of Journalism — Alumni Profile, Cullen Murphy '74". The Amherst Student. 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2025-06-05.


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