Editing Greil Marcus (section)

{{Short description|American author, music journalist and cultural critic (born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox person
 | name             = Greil Marcus
 | image            = Greil Marcus SRN (cropped).jpg
 | alt              = 
 | caption          = Marcus at [[:es:Festival SOS 4.8|Festival SOS 4.8]] in [[Murcia]], 2014
 | birth_name       = Greil Gerstley
 | birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1945|6|19}}
 | birth_place      = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.
 | known_for        = Rock critic for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[Creem]]'', the ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]'', and ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
 | occupation       = Author, critic, journalist
 | website          = 
 | spouse           = {{marriage|Jenny Marcus|1966}}<ref name="Beckett">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/a-surfer-on-the-zeitgeist-this-isnt-exactly-life-on-the-edge-greil-marcus-is-married-nearly-50-and-lives-in-a-nice-big-house-in-northern-california-but-he-is-still-making-something-new-out-of-writing-about-rock-2324670.html | location=London | work=The Independent | first=Andy | last=Beckett | title=A Surfer on the Zeitgeist: This isn't exactly life on the edge: Greil Marcus is married, nearly 50, and lives in a nice big house in northern California. But he is still making something new out of writing about rock | date=May 23, 1993}}</ref>
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'''Greil Marcus''' (né '''Gerstley'''; born June 19, 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a broader framework of culture and politics.