Lewis Lapham, editor who revived Harper’s magazine, dies at 89

È morto il giornalista Lewis H. Lapham, a lungo direttore della rivista di attualità e cultura “Harper's Magazine”

Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024), by Harper’s Magazine

Lewis H. Lapham at work in the offices of Harper’s Magazine. Photograph by Matthew Septimus We at Harper’s Magazine mourn the loss of our editor emeritus, Lewis H. Lapham (1935–2024), who died on July 23 in Rome. A dear friend and colleague for over half a century, Lapham ran the magazine for nearly three decades, serving as editor from 1976 to 1981 and from 1983 to 2006, and regularly contributed columns and essays that were compared to the wor…

Lewis Lapham, editor who revived Harper’s magazine, dies at 89

He turned Harper’s into what he called a “theater of ideas,” promoting emerging voices including David Foster Wallace, Christopher Hitchens and Fareed Zakaria.