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William Zinsser
American writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, and professor · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1922 to 2015 · aged 92
William Knowlton Zinsser was an American writer, editor and teacher. He began his career working as a feature writer for the New York Herald Tribune.
William Zinsser is read about 37 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 August 2026
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He then became a free-lance contributor to magazines, and authored numerous books; his best known was On Writing Well, a style guide for non-fiction writers that sold an estimated 1.5 million copies. Over the years he taught writing at several universities including Yale, The New School, and Columbia.
