Friede, Donald
Variant namesLiterary 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
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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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