Eugene St. Rose Reynal (March 31, 1902 – March 20, 1968)[1][2][3] was an American publisher who founded Blue Ribbon Books of Garden City, New York, and Reynal & Hitchcock (with Curtice Hitchcock) of New York City in 1933.[4]
Eugene Reynal | |
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 Reynal, c. 1939 | |
| Born | March 31, 1902 |
| Died | March 20, 1968 (aged 65) New York City |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Spouse | |
From 1938 to 1946, Reynal was married to Elizabeth Young, an actress who had appeared in Queen Christina with Greta Garbo.[5] During World War II, Reynal served as a Captain in the Army Air Forces, stationed at one point in Miami Beach, Florida.[6]
Louis Menand in The New Yorker wrote of Reynal that he "achieved immortality the bad way" by turning down the opportunity to publish The Catcher in the Rye.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Today's Birthdays". The News. Frederick, Maryland. March 31, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eugene Reynal". New York Daily News. March 22, 1968. p. 62. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eugene St. Rose Reynal". geni.com. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ American Authors and Books: 1640 to Present Day Third Revised Edition, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. (Original Editors W. J. Burke and Will D. Howe)
- ^ Randolph, Nancy (August 29, 1946). "Elizabeth Reynal Free; Her 2nd Marital Washout". New York Daily News. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Lambright, E. D. (August 23, 1942). "Books and Bookmen". The Tampa Tribune. p. 14. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holden Caulfield at Fifty". The New Yorker. 24 September 2001.
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