- Robert Gottlieb
Robert Gottlieb (born
April 29 ,1931 inNew York City ,New York ) is an American writer and renowned editor in the book publishing business.Gottlieb is a graduate of
Columbia University . He is perhaps best known for discovering and editing "Catch-22 " by the then unknownJoseph Heller . Gottlieb has been Editor-in-Chief ofSimon & Schuster ,Alfred A. Knopf but left in 1987 and succeededWilliam Shawn as editor of "The New Yorker " until 1992 when he was replaced byTina Brown .He's also been the subject of controversy involving rejecting the work of
John Kennedy Toole (Pulitzer Prize winner of 'A Confederacy of Dunces "). Toole went into despair and later committed suicide in 1969.For many years Gottlieb was associated with
New York City Ballet , serving as a member of its board of directors. In this vein, he published several books by people from the dance world includingMikhail Baryshnikov andMargot Fonteyn . He also works as a dance critic for theNew York Observer .External Links
* [http://www.nybooks.com/authors/7756 Gottlieb author page and archive] from "
The New York Review of Books "
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