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Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25, 1898 – August 27, 1971) was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns , for regular personal appearances lecturing across the United States, and for his weekly television appearances for over ...
Bennett Alfred Cerf (* 25. Mai 1898 in Manhattan, New York City; † 27. August 1971 in Mount Kisco, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Verleger und Mitbegründer von Random House.
Vor 6 Tagen · 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.
29. Aug. 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. The cause of death was not immediately determined,...
29. Mai 2018 · Encyclopedia of World Biography. Bennett Cerf >Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) helped to shape the American publishing business >into what it is today. A writer and television personality, Cerf was also an >active editor and enthusiastic promoter of the writers published by his >company, Random House.
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971.
1. Jan. 2001 · So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and an abiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokes the heady days of Random House’s first decades.
