Knox Burger
Knox Breckenridge Burger (November 1, 1922 – January 4, 2010) was an editor, writer, and literary agent who lived in New York City. He published Kurt Vonnegut's first short-story and with his wife he founded Knox Burger & Associates, a literary agency.[1]
Early life
Burger was born in New York City and lived in early life in
While serving in World War II, Burger contributed to
Burger, like his father, the author and illustrator Carl Burger, graduated from Cornell University.[1]
Career
After the war, Burger worked as the fiction editor of Collier's. He then moved on to editing for Dell and Fawcett Publications. In 1970, he founded Knox Burger and Associates, a literary agency which later merged with the Harold Ober agency.[2]
Burger worked with writers including
In 2000, Knox Burger donated his archive to the Fales Library of New York University.
Notes
- ^ a b c d Bruce Weber, Knox Burger, Agent and Book Editor, Dies at 87, New York Times, January 12, 2010, available here.
- ^ The Fales Library guide to the Knox Burger Archive Archived 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine