Robert Gottlieb obituary

Robert Gottlieb obituary – Robert Adams Gottlieb, best known as the editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and The New Yorker died Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at age 92. 

Gottlieb was born on April 29, 1931, in New York City to a Jewish family,  grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and graduated from Columbia University in 1952.

He began his career at Simon & Schuster as an editorial assistant to Jack Goodman, the editor-in-chief, and in 1968, along with Nina Bourne and Anthony Schulte, moved to Alfred A. Knopf as editor-in-chief, eventually becoming president.

He worked with Simon & Schuster and Knopf for three decades, turning hundreds of manuscripts into well-received novels, many of which sold millions of copies, won prizes, and made authors wealthy and famous.

He departed Alfred A. Knopf in 1987 to succeed William Shawn as editor of The New Yorker and stayed in that position until 1992.

Since 1998, he contributed frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review.

Gottlieb was a member of the board of directors of the New York City Ballet for many years and published numerous books by dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Margot Fonteyn.

He was also a member of the Miami City Ballet’s Board of Trustees.

Mr. Gottlieb married Muriel Higgins in 1952. They divorced after having a son, Roger. In 1969, he married actress Ms. Tucci. Lizzie and Nicky were their two children.

Turn Every Page, a documentary filmed by Gottlieb’s daughter, Lizzie Gottlieb, chronicling Gottlieb’s partnerships with writer Robert Caro, was published in 2022.

He is survived by his children and twin grandsons, in addition to Ms. Tucci.

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