persons Huebsch, Benjamin W.

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Name Huebsch, Benjamin W.
Alternative Names
  • alternative name >> nickname: Ben
  • ID 406
    Gender male
    Lifespan 1876-03-21 - 1964-08-07
    Professions editor (Q1607826), publisher (Q2516866), acquisition editor
    Collection(s)
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  • Transatlantic Networks
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  • Uri(s) https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/1_66
    Notes Benjamin W. Huebsch was a prominent publisher and chief transatlantic mediator who had a network of close relationships and friendships with numerous (Austrian) writers . Among others, he published the work of Louis Untermeyer, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Franz Werfel. He acquired the rights for the translations of books by many European writers and supported and facilitated the lives of emigrants (see Zacharasiewicz, Transatlantic Networks, p. 56). In 1925, the publishing house B. W. Huebsch (est. 1900) was merged with the Viking Press, where Huebsch worked as an editor and vice president.
    References “Unpublished Letters between Franz Werfel, Alma Mahler Werfel, and Ben Huebsch: 1941- 1946,” ed. Jeffrey B. Berlin, Donald G. Daviau, and Jorun B. Johns, in Modern Austrian Literature 24, 2 (1991).

    Relations

    Institution

    Start End Other relation type Related Institution
    1900 1924 was head of B. W. Huebsch
    1920 1924 was publisher of The Freeman
    1925 1964 was head of Viking Press
    1925 1964 was editor of Viking Press
    1925 1964 was vice president at Viking Press
    1900 founder of B. W. Huebsch

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    1911 related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Untermeyer, Jean Starr
    related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Zweig, Stefan
    related >> acquainted with Beer-Hofmann, Richard
    related >> acquainted with Broch, Hermann
    1926 related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Zweig, Stefan
    related >> friendship with Kommer, Rudolf
    1940 related >> helped to emigrate Zweig, Stefan
    1935 related >> helped to emigrate Werfel, Franz
    1935 related >> helped to emigrate Mahler-Werfel, Alma Maria
    related >> collaborated with Lewisohn, Ludwig

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    related >> visited >> was invited at Paschinger Schlössl
    1876-03-21 related >> born in New York, NY
    1964-08-07 related >> died in London
    1925 1964 related >> visited >> regularly visited Europe
    1936-08 related >> visited Villa Mahler in Breitenstein am Semmering

    Work

    Start End Other relation type Related Work
    1918 related >> publisher of Growing Pains
    1921 related >> publisher of Dreams Out of Darkness
    related >> publisher of Das Lied von Bernadette

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    Ben alternative name >> nickname deu

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