Legendary Knopf Editor Robert Gottlieb Dies at 92

After graduating from Columbia University in 1952-and spending two years at Cambridge University-Gottlieb joined Simon & Schuster in 1955, rising to editor-in-chief in just 10 years. Gottlieb then joined Knopf in 1968 as president and editor-in-chief, where he succeeded Alfred A. Knopf, who founded the company in 1915, to become only the second head of house in the venerable publisher's history. Gottlieb would run Knopf until 1987 when, in a move that shocked the book and magazine publishing worlds, he left to become editor of the New Yorker. He worked at the magazine until 1992, when he returned to edit at Knopf.
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In a statement, Reagan Arthur, Knopf executive v-p and publisher, said it would be hard to name an editor who had a more lasting and profound impact on American letters than Gottlieb.