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- Died
- Andre Schiffrin was born on June 14, 1935 in Paris, France. He was married to Maria Elena de la Iglesia. He died on December 1, 2013 in Paris, France.
- SpousesMaria Elena de la Iglesia(1961 - December 1, 2013) (his death, 2 children)Maria Elena de la Iglesia(1961 - 2013) (his death, 2 children)
- He graduated from Yale University with a degree in history in 1957.
- In 1962, he joined Pantheon Books. He edited his first best seller, "The Tin Drum" by 'Gunter Grass', shortly after his arrival. He became editor-in-chief and later, managing director. He often subsidized the publication of important works with profits from better-selling books.
- He wrote for The Nation and The New Republic, among other magazines and journals.
- He championed the work of Jean-Paul Sartre, Günter Grass, Studs Terkel, Simone de Beauvoir, and Noam Chomsky, among others.
- His father was a Russian émigré who founded La Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, which published editions of the classics. In 1941, the family fled the Nazis and settled in New York.
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