Frederic Morton

Frederic Morton (October 5, 1924 – April 20, 2015) was an Austrian-born American writer.

Born Fritz Mandelbaum in Vienna, Morton was the son of a blacksmith who specialized in forging (manufacturing) imperial medals.

The family fled to Britain in 1939 and migrated to New York City the next year, when the senior Mandelbaum also changed the family name in order to be able to join an anti-Semitic labor union.

He returned to Austria in 1962 to marry his fiancée, Marcia, whom he had met at college.

From 1959, Morton worked as a columnist for several American periodicals[clarification needed] including The New York Times, Esquire, and Playboy.