- Barbara Epstein
Barbara Epstein (
August 30 ,1928 –June 16 2006 ) was a literary editor and a founding co-editor of the "New York Review of Books ".Epstein, née Zimmerman, was born in
Boston, Massachusetts , United States, to aJewish-American family, and graduated fromRadcliffe College in 1949.Ms. Epstein rose to prominence as the editor at Doubleday of
Anne Frank 's "Diary of a Young Girl ", among other books. She then worked at Dutton,McGraw-Hill and "The Partisan Review ". She married editorJason Epstein in 1953, and they honeymooned in Europe, crossing on the Ile de France.In 1963, during the newspaper strike, she and her husband, together with friends
Robert Lowell andElizabeth Hardwick , founded the biweekly magazine "The New York Review of Books ", which Barbara called "the paper". She andRobert B. Silvers became the editors, and she remained an editor there for 43 years.Her husband and she were later divorced, and in 1993, he married journalist Judith Miller; Barbara Epstein lived with journalist
Murray Kempton until his death in 1997.She died from
lung cancer at the age of 77 inNew York City . [ [http://www.nybooks.com/epstein/ 'Barbara Epstein, 1928–2006' "The New York Review of Books"16 June 2006] . Retrieved30 August 2006 .] She continued in her editing until shortly before her death.External links
* [http://www.nybooks.com/epstein/ Obituary] ,
The New York Review of Books ,16 June 2006
* [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060703ta_talk_remnick Obituary] ,The New Yorker ,26 June 2006
* [http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7109038 Obituary] ,The Economist ,29 June 2006
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/17/arts/17epstein.html?ex=1308196800&en=d091d6367c2ee4ad&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Obituary] ,The New York Times ,17 June 2006
* [http://nplusonemag.com/epstein.html Obituary] ,n+1 ,27 June 2006 References
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