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  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Genevieve Young, a book editor who worked with authors ranging from Herman Wouk to Betty Rollin, played a key role in the writing of Erich Segal’s “Love Story” and oversaw the estate and...

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Young was 89 when she died at her home in Manhattan on Feb. 18, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. She was a publishing editor with a long and diverse legacy.

  3. Feb 20, 2020 · Genevieve Young, 89, the legendary book editor, died peacefully on February 18, 2020 at her home in Manhattan. Ms. Young's esteemed career in book publishing spanned over five decade.

  4. Feb 18, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — Genevieve Young was a publishing editor with a long and diverse legacy. She entered the business in the early 1950s, when there were few female editors and even fewer...

  5. Feb 19, 2021 · She was 89 when she died at her home in Manhattan on February 18, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. Beyond publishing a paid notice in The New York Times, the family says it had trouble finding anyone to report on her death because of the quickly spreading coronavirus.

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  6. Feb 19, 2021 · Known to her friends as “Gene,” Young started in publishing in 1952, soon after graduating from Wellesley College. She rose from being ‘Stenographer No 2’ at Harper & Brothers (now HarperCollins) to editorial director of Bantam Books.

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  8. Launched in 2022, The Gordon Parks Foundation's Genevieve Young Fellowship in Writing awards one annual $25,000 fellowship to a writer working in a variety of fields including art history, journalism, and literature.

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