{"id":4627,"date":"2010-09-09T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2010-09-09T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T22:48:12","slug":"thomas-guinzburg-1926-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/09\/thomas-guinzburg-1926-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Guinzburg (1926-2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is with great sadness that The Paris Review<\/em> has learned of the death of one of its founding editors, Thomas Guinzburg.<\/p>\n

A Marine veteran awarded the Purple Heart for his service in World War Two, and a former editor of the Yale Daily News<\/em>, Guinzburg was just two years out of college when he became the Review’s first managing editor. He was also, nominally, a part-owner, having matched George Plimpton’s and Peter Matthiessen’s initial “investment” in the venture with a contribution of $500. He eventually became president of The Paris Review<\/em> board of directors. He was planning the magazine’s fiftieth anniversary celebration with George Plimpton the night the editor died in 2003. Guinzburg was invaluable in helping direct The Paris Review<\/em> in the years that followed.<\/p>\n

For many years the president of Viking Press, a publishing house established by his father, he later became chairman of the American Book Awards. He also served as consultant to Doubleday & Co. and as governor to Yale University Press. He will be missed by his many friends and admirers and remembered as one of the most distinguished publishers of our time.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Guinzburg, seated at right, with George Plimpton, William P\u00e8ne du Bois and Donald Hall, in 1965.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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