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My Take
Ebert is, for my money, the greatest argument that criticism can be literature. He wrote about movies the way a good neighbor talks over a fence, plainly and warmly, without a whiff of academic posturing, yet his reviews carried a moral seriousness rooted in Midwestern populism and humanism. Winning the Pulitzer in 1975 made the case official, but his real monument is the daily discipline: nearly half a century at the Chicago Sun-Times, and when illness took his voice, he simply wrote more, and better. I return to his work not to decide what to watch but to remember why watching matters.
Overview
Roger Joseph Ebert ( EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter, journalist, and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roger Ebert
- Name (Japanese)
- ロジャー・イーバート
- Reading
- ろじゃー・いーばーと
- Born
- June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Horse
- Origin
- Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film critic / journalist / reporter / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Urbana High School
- University
- University of Cape Town
Awards & achievements
- 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2011 Carl Sandburg Literary Award
- 1975 Pulitzer Prize
- 2001 Order of Lincoln
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.