Friede, Donald

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Literary agent and publisher.

From the description of Papers, 1919-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415913

From the description of Donald Friede papers, 1919-1980 (bulk 1925-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069032

Biographical Note

  • 1901, May 12: Born, New York, N.Y.
  • 1901 - circa 1915 : Lived in Europe and Japan
  • 1915: Returned to New York from Russia
  • circa 1918: Expelled from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1919: Expelled from Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
  • 1920: Expelled from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Inherited fortune upon death of father
  • 1920 - 1923 : Held positions in the banking, tobacco, retail, locomotive works, and message-exchange industries
  • 1922: Married Grace Abrams (divorced 1923)
  • 1923: Stock clerk, Alfred A. Knopf publishing firm; left Knopf to join Boni and Liveright publishing firm as an assistant
  • 1925: Invested in Boni and Liveright; became first vice-president Married Evelyn Johnson (divorced 1929)
  • 1927: Arrested in Boston, Mass., on charges of selling an obscene book to undercover police agents
  • 1928: Withdrew investment in Boni and Liveright and left the firm Formed the publishing firm of Covici, Friede, Inc., in partnership with Pascal Covici
  • 1930: Married Anna Fleischer (divorced 1936)
  • 1936 - 1937 : Story editor, Zeppo Marx Agency
  • circa 1937: Covici, Friede, Inc., declared bankrupt in New York
  • circa 1938: Married Carol Zerbe (divorced 1943)
  • 1940: Authored newspaper column about books for The Hollywood Reporter
  • 1940 - 1942 : Story editor, Myron Selznick and Co.
  • 1942 - 1943 : Served in United States Army in air corps and as intelligence officer
  • 1943 - 1947 : Story editor, A & S Lyons
  • 1945: Married Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (divorced 1951)
  • 1947: Coauthored with H. Bedford-Jones (pseud. Donald F. Bedford) John Barry, New York: Creative Age Press
  • 1947 - 1948 : Story editor, Ralph Blum Corp.
  • 1948: Published memoir, The Mechanical Angel: His Adventures and Enterprises in the Glittering 1920's, New York: A. A. Knopf
  • 1950 - 1951 : Literary agent for AFG Literary Agency; hosted television show about books
  • 1951: Married Eleanor Kask
  • 1952 - 1953 : Coordinated "Centennial Editions" project for the Literary Guild Editor, World Publishing Co.
  • 1963: Senior editor, Prentice-Hall
  • 1964: Senior editor, Doubleday and Co.
  • 1965, May 30: Died, Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y.

From the guide to the Donald Friede Papers, 1919-1980, (bulk 1925-1965), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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