Robert Giroux
Robert Giroux
Robert Girouxwas an influential American book editor and publisher. Starting his editing career with Harcourt, Brace & Co., he was hired away to work for Roger W. Straus, Jr. at Farrar & Straus in 1955, where he became a partner and, eventually, its chairman. The firm was henceforth known as Farrar, Straus and Giroux, where he was known by his nickname, "Bob"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth8 April 1914
CountryUnited States of America
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