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Greil Marcus

American author, music journalist and cultural critic
Person human Q321153

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
June 19, 1945
Place of birth
San Francisco
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
historian, music historian, writer, journalist, music critic, music journalist, docent[3][4][5][6][7][9]
Educated at
University of California, Berkeley[10]
Award received
American Book Awards[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Marcus[14]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP[17]
P14750
9855-4F64-FC99-A34E-DA0B
Start of work period
1969[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Greil Marcus ja グリール・マーカス ja グレイル・マーカス ko 그레일 마커스 ru Грейл Маркус ru Маркус, Грейл uk Ґрейл Маркус zh 格雷尔·马库斯 zh-hant 格雷爾·馬庫斯
🔖 Identifiers · 72
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Greil Marcus SRN (cropped).jpg ↗
BD Gest' author ID
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BIBSYS ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SI ID
30997859
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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DFK Paris person ID
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Discogs artist ID
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FAST ID
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FID performing arts ID
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Festivaletteratura person ID
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Film.ru person ID
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Freebase ID
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GTAA ID
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Harper's tag
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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KBR person ID
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Kallías ID
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Kinobox person ID
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LRB contributor ID
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Les Archives du spectacle person ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00637540
NDL Authority ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLP ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NUKAT ID
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NYRB contributor ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810649549305606
National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Russia ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Open Library ID
OL237585A
OpenMLOL author ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Perlentaucher ID
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Pitchfork artist ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RILM ID
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Radio France person ID
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Rock's Backpages author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Songkick artist ID
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TMDB person ID
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Tabakalera ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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Wikisimpsons article ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Occupation 4
writer, journalist, historian, music critic
Award received 1
American Book Awards
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of California, Berkeley
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
San Francisco
Sex or gender 1
male
← Signatory 1
A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
← Winner 1
American Book Awards
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Summary

Greil Marcus was born in San Francisco[1]. He was born on June 19, 1945[2]. He worked as a historian[3], music historian[4], writer[5], journalist[6], and music critic[7].

FAQs

Where was Greil Marcus born?

Born in San Francisco[1].

What did Greil Marcus do for work?

Greil Marcus worked as historian[3], music historian[4], writer[5], journalist[6], and music critic[7].

Where did Greil Marcus go to school?

Greil Marcus was educated at University of California, Berkeley[10].

What awards did Greil Marcus receive?

Honors received include American Book Awards[11].

Related Entities

United States

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  1. 6w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article ID → 316864
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  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → greil-marcus
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  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9855-4F64-FC99-A34E-DA0B
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  4. 17w ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Portugal ID → 956899
    National Library of Russia ID → 770221658
    National Library of Ireland ID → vtls002042260
    RERO ID (legacy) → A003560679
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  5. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0093187-Marcus-Greil-1945
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0093187-Marcus-Greil-1945, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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