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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (/ k n ɒ p f /) is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends.
Alfred A. Knopf (born September 12, 1892, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 11, 1984, Purchase, New York) was an American publisher, the founder and longtime chairman of the prestigious publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Knopf graduated from Columbia University in 1912.
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Alfred A. Knopf was founded in 1915 and has long been known as a publisher of distinguished hardcover fiction and nonfiction. Read more
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Articles from the original Borzoi Reader. Founded in 1915 by Alfred A. Knopf and his wife Blanche W. Knopf, the house of Knopf has long been one of America's foremost book publishers—known for both the quality of its authors and for the high level of its book design and production.
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Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. (September 12, 1892 – August 11, 1984) was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer , and (of the previous generation) Frank Nelson Doubleday , J. Henry Harper and Henry Holt .
