Yorick Blumenfeld


Yorick Blumenfeld was a Dutch-born British writer.

Biography

Yorick Blumenfeld was born in Amsterdam on 11 April 1932, the son of Erwin Blumenfeld. In 1941, his family moved to New York City, where he attended Columbia Grammar School. He was at Harvard from 1950 to 1954. In 1999, he edited The Naked and the Veiled, a collection of photographs by his father. He was married to the sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld.
In 1969, he moved to the United Kingdom with his wife, Helaine. They settled in Grantchester, near Cambridge, where he died at his home, on 8 April 2024, at the age of 91. He was survived by his wife Helaine, their sons Remy and Jared, and two grandchildren.

Publications

Towards The Millennium: Optimistic visions for Change, Chimera PublicationsThe Waters of Forgetfulness, Quartet BooksJenny, My Diary, Penguin BooksSee-Saw, Harcourt BraceThe Naked and The Veiled, Thames and Hudson