Poet Louise Glück, 80, died of cancer on October 13. Glück won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for THE WILD IRIS, the National Book Award in 2014 for FAITHFUL AND VIRTUOUS NIGHT, and the Nobel Prize in 2020. She was also the US Poet Laureate from 2003-2004.
Obits
Obituary: Ed Young
Children’s book illustrator and author Ed Young, 91, died on September 29 in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Young illustrated more than 100 children’s books, including Jane Yolen’s The Emperor and the Kite, which received a Caldecott Honor in 1968. He also wrote and illustrated Lon Po Po, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1991, and Seven Blind Mice, which received a 1993 Caldecott Honor.
Obituary: Gita Mehta
Author and journalist Gita Mehta, 80, died on September 16. She was the widow of longtime Knopf editor-in-chief and Knopf Doubleday chairman Sonny Mehta.
Obituaries: Robert Abrams, Edith Grossman, Sarah Young
Co-founder and president of Abbeville Press, Robert E. Abrams, 80, died on August 28. He created Abbeville in 1977 along with his late father, Harry N. Abrams. “Publishing,” Bob wrote, “is about deciding what content, ‘speech,’ is sufficiently meaningful to try to bring it to the attention of others. It is about trying to diminish ignorance and share the grace of human consciousness.” The company notes, “He had a profound sense of the significance, and the responsibility, of the publisher’s vocation…. Colleagues and friends alike can attest that stepping into Bob’s office was stepping into a lively, sometimes hours-long conversation […]
Obituary: Christopher Carduff
Wall Street Journal books editor Christopher Carduff, 66, died on Monday evening following a recent illness. He worked in editorial at Houghton Mifflin, Counterpoint Press, David R. Godine, and the New Criterion, and was a contributing editor at Library of America from 2006 to 2017, where he was the estate-appointed editor of posthumous works by Penelope Fitzgerald, William Maxwell, John Updike, and others. In 2017 he joined the WSJ as books editor. In a memo to staff on Monday, WSJ editorial page editor Paul Gigot writes, “Chris made a tremendous contribution to the Journal over his six years as Books […]
Bloomsbury, AAP Mark the Death of Vaughan
Bloomsbury Publishing chief executive Nigel Newton said in a statement regarding the tragic death of Bloomsbury USA president Adrienne Vaughan in Italy: “Our hearts go out to Adrienne’s husband and children, parents, family and friends. Bloomsbury is doing everything possible to provide the support they need on the ground in Naples and in the US. “The loss of Adrienne is a terrible blow. Since she was appointed President of Bloomsbury USA three years ago, America has grown to become our biggest market. “Adrienne was a natural business leader with a great future ahead of her. She was deeply loved by […]