John Ivan Simon
John Simon (b. Yugoslavia as John Ivan Simon) is a literary and film critic.
He has written for National Review, the New Leader, and other periodicals.
Simon has written several books on poetry and film, including Private Screenings (1967), Movies Into Film: Film Criticism, 1967–1970 (1971), Reverse Angle: A Decade of American Films (1982), and Dreamers of Dreams: Essays on Poets and Poetry (2001).
Simon is also the longtime theater critic for New York Magazine, since 1968.