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Alfred Abraham Knopf () Publisher Columbia College LHD (hon.)
Three years after leaving Columbia College, Alfred Knopf founded a publishing house that came to be renowned for good taste in both content and presentation. Originally intending to publish great European works in translation, Knopf soon began to showcase modern American writers, including James Baldwin, Dashiell Hammett, and Langston Hughes. Over time 26 Knopf authorsincluding Willa Cather, John Updike, John Cheever, Wallace Stevens, and Richard Hofstadterwon Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other American publishing house; Thomas Mann and T. S. Eliot are among the house's 16 Nobel laureates. Knopf closely supervised both his books' editorial content and commercial fortunes, and took care to publish books with subject matters that interested himhistory, sociolo Alfred A. Knopf Sr. - WikiwandThe Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. was founded in New York City in by Alfred A. Knopf () with an initial investment of five thousand dollars. Alfred A. Knopf | American publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc ...Alfred A. Knopf (born September 12, , New York, New York, U.S.—died August 11, , 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 After working for a short time at the publishing house of. archives.nypl.org -- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. recordsAlfred 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. Woodrow Wilson : a biography : Cooper, John Milton : Free ...Knopf enrolled at Columbia College in 1908, planning to become a lawyer.
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