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Early life and education. Cerf was born on May 25, 1898, in Manhattan, New York City, to a Jewish family of Alsatian and German ethnicity. [1] [2] [3] Cerf's father Gustave Cerf was a lithographer; his mother, Frederika Wise, was heiress to a tobacco-distribution fortune. She died when Bennett was 15; shortly afterward, her brother ...
Aug 29, 1971 · Bennett Cerf, one of the coun try's foremost book publishers, died late Friday night at his estate in Mount Kisco, N. Y. He was 73 years old.
May 21, 2024 · Bennett Cerf (born May 25, 1898, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 27, 1971, Mount Kisco, New York) was an American publisher and editor. With Donald S. Klopfer, in 1925 Cerf acquired the Modern Library imprint, which subsequently became a highly profitable series of reprints of classic books.
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Bennett Cerf was a publisher, author, and TV personality. He founded Random House, published many famous writers, and won a Supreme Court case for Ulysses.
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- August 27, 1971
Bennett Cerf. Writer: The Twilight Zone. Best known as publisher and founder of Random House. Published many giants of 20th century American literature, including William Faulkner, James Michener, and Ayn Rand. Published James Joyce's Ulysses in the US after winning landmark Supreme Court obscenity case. Edited compilations of humor and joke books.
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
May 29, 2018 · Learn about Bennett Cerf, a writer, editor, and publisher who founded Random House and fought censorship. He published authors such as James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and William Faulkner.
Bennett Cerf (1898–1971) was a renowned publisher who founded Random House and acquired Modern Library. He published many celebrated authors, such as James Joyce, Truman Capote, and Dr. Seuss, and was a humorist and TV personality.
