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Blanche became president in 1957 when Alfred became chairman of the board, and worked steadily for the firm until her death in 1966. Alfred Knopf retired in 1972, becoming chairman emeritus of the firm until his death in 1984. Alfred Knopf also had a summer home in Purchase, New York .
Aug 12, 1984 · Alfred A. Knopf, one of America's outstanding publishers, whose imprint bore his own name and whose books symbolized quality for more than half a century, died of congestive heart failure...
September 12, 1892, New York, New York, U.S. Died: August 11, 1984, Purchase, New York (aged 91) 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 ...
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Feb 16, 2009 · He continued as a senior vice president of Macmillan until his retirement in 1988. Mr. Knopf was born in White Plains, N.Y., on June 17, 1918. At 7 he was sent to boarding school, first at the...
Gottlieb became president and editor in chief after Alfred Knopf's official retirement in 1973. Gottlieb remained at Knopf until 1987, when Ajai Singh "Sonny" Mehta became president. Later Random House, a subsidiary of RCA, was subsequently bought by S.I. Newhouse and in turn, it eventually became a division of Bertelsmann AG, a large ...
Alfred A Knopf was considered to be one of the great literary publishers of the 20th century. But papers newly unearthed in his company's archive reveal a spectacular capacity for scorning the ...
Feb 16, 2009 · Updated Apr. 25, 2017 4:11PM EDT / Published Feb. 16, 2009 1:23PM EST. As the only child of publishing mavens Alfred A. and Blanche Wolf Knopf, Alfred A. Knopf Jr. was born with a silver book in ...
