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Alfred 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. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, and (of the previous generation) Frank Nelson Doubleday, J. Henry Harper and Henry Holt.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (/ k n ɒ p f /) is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends.
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 from Columbia University in 1912.
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...
Aug 11, 2015 · On August 11, 1984, the American publisher Alfred A. Knopf, whose eponymous firm became synonymous with quality, sophistication and good taste in books, died at the age of 91.
Oct 1, 2015 · Alfred A. Knopf was born on Central Park West in 1892, the son of a successful adman. He was a bookish child and at 16 entered Columbia, where he proved a mostly indifferent student (and even flunked economics, a bad omen for a future businessman). Years later he compared Columbia to the prison at Sing-Sing.
Aug 16, 1984 · About 250 people attended the simple nonreligious service where they heard Mr. Hersey and Alfred (Pat) Knopf Jr., chairman of Atheneum Publishers, recall his father's gifts, foibles and the...
