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
  • webclient
  • 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    References “Unpublished Letters between Franz Werfel, Alma Mahler Werfel, and Ben Huebsch: 1941- 1946,” ed.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 established >> founder of B. W. Huebsch
    1900 1924 related >> was head of B. W. Huebsch
    1920 1924 related >> worked for/at >> was publisher of The Freeman
    1925 1964 related >> was head of Viking Press
    1925 1964 related >> worked for/at >> was editor of Viking Press
    1925 1964 related >> worked for/at >> was vice president at Viking Press

    Person

    Start End Other relation type Related Person
    related >> acquainted with Thompson, Dorothy
    related >> acquainted with Lewis, Sinclair
    related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Mahler-Werfel, Alma Maria
    related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Werfel, Franz
    related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Mahler-Werfel, Alma Maria
    related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Werfel, Franz
    related >> publisher of Werfel, Franz
    related >> friendship with >> close friendship with Joyce, James
    related >> publisher of Untermeyer, Louis
    1911 related >> acquainted with >> correspondence with Untermeyer, Louis

    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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