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Books. At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf. “I’ve got the name for our publishing operation. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Let’s call it Random House.”. So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur ...
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898 in Manhattan and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Bennett Cerf died in 1971.
Bennett Cerf, eminent publisher and punster, was a founder and chairman of Random House Books, a writer and editor of many humor books, and a popular panelist on television's long-running game show, What's My Line? A third generation New Yorker, Cerf was born in 1898, growing up with friends such as Broadway composer Richard Rodgers and Donald Klopfer, Cerf's future business partner.
29 de may. de 2018 · Bennett Cerf >Bennett Cerf (1898-1971) helped to shape the American publishing business >into what it is today. A writer and television personality, Cerf was also an >active editor and enthusiastic promoter of the writers published by his >company, Random House.
544 Manchester Road. Westminster, MD 21157. In 2011, the Board of County Commissioners designated an area at Bennett Cerf Park as a location for a public dog park with the understanding that the community would raise the necessary funds for park development and the park would operate in a self-sustaining manner with revenue covering all expenses.
Bennett Cerf. Writer: The Twilight Zone. Best known as publisher and founder of Random House. Published many giants of 20th century American literature, including William Faulkner, James Michener, and Ayn Rand. Published James Joyce's Ulysses in the US after winning landmark Supreme Court obscenity case. Edited compilations of humor and joke books.
