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Wolff, Helen
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- Wolff, Helen, 1906-1994
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- Helen Wolff
- Kurt Wolff
- Wolff, Kurt
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1906-1994
History
Helen Wolff was a publisher at Pantheon Books, United States publisher of Boris Pasternak's «Dr. Zhivago». Her husband, Kurt Wolff, had established publishing houses in Germany and Italy. They immigrated to the United States in 1941, establishing Pantheon Books. In 1961, they moved to Harcourt Brace in New York, establishing the "Helen and Kurt Wolff Book" imprint. Kurt Wolff died in 1963. Helen continued work at Harcourt Brace until her death in 1994.
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Related entity
Wolff, Kurt
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