Robert Adams Gottlieb (born April 29, 1931, New York, New York), an American writer and editor. From 1987 to 1992 he was the editor of The New Yorker.
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Personal
Gottlieb is a graduate of Columbia University.
He is married to Maria Tucci, an actress whose father, the novelist Niccolò Tucci, was one of Gottlieb's writers. They have two children: Lizzie Gottlieb, a film director, and Niccolò (Nicky). Nicky has Asperger syndrome and is the subject of one of his sister's documentary film Today's Man.[1]
Career
Gottlieb discovered and edited Catch-22 by the then-unknown Joseph Heller. He served as editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster and Alfred A. Knopf, which he left in 1987 to succeed William Shawn as editor of The New Yorker, staying in the position until 1992.
He has also been the subject of controversy because of his rejection of the work of John Kennedy Toole (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for 'A Confederacy of Dunces"). Toole went into despair and later committed suicide in 1969.
Charity work/Interests
Dance
For many years Gottlieb was associated with New York City Ballet, serving as a member of its board of directors. In this vein, he published several books by people from the dance world including Mikhail Baryshnikov and Margot Fonteyn. He also works as a dance critic for the New York Observer.
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| Preceded by William Shawn |
Editor of The New Yorker 1987–1992 |
Succeeded by Tina Brown |
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