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20th-century editors

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Adolfo Bioy CasaresPhotographer · PhotographyAdolfo Bioy Casares (aˈðolfo ˈβjoj kaˈsaɾes; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator.
Alberto ZeddaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Zedda (2 January 19286 March 2017) was an Italian conductor and musicologist whose specialty was the 19th-century Italian repertoire.
Aleš ŠtegerAuthor · BooksAleš Šteger (born 31 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, translator and editor. Aleš belongs to a generation of writers that started to publish right after the fall of Yugoslavia.
Alfred AnderschAuthor · BooksAlfred Hellmuth Andersch (4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor.
Alfred BrendelPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Brendel (5 January 1931 – 17 June 2025) was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer and lecturer, based in London.
Algis BudrysAuthor · BooksAlgirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic.
Ali GomaaAuthor · BooksAli Gomaa (Egyptian Arabic; born 3 March 1952) is an Egyptian Islamic scholar, jurist, and public figure who has taken a number of controversial political stances.
Alice SchwarzerAuthor · BooksAlice Sophie Schwarzer (born 3 December 1942) is a German journalist and prominent feminist. She is founder and publisher of the German feminist journal EMMA.
Allan PorterPhotographer · PhotographyAllan Porter (April 29, 1934 – October 5, 2022) was an American Swiss photographer, journalist, editor, designer, and art director best known for his role as editor of Camera.
Alojz IhanAuthor · BooksAlojz Ihan (23 July 1961 – 10 March 2026) was a Slovenian doctor who was a specialist in medical microbiology and immunology.
Andrés Torres QueirugaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Andrés Torres Queiruga
Andy CapperPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrew Richard Capper (born 14 February 1973) is a British US-based director, journalist and former editor and executive producer at Vice Media. In 2018, he founded Happy Now Film.
Ángel RamaAuthor · BooksÁngel A. Rama (ˈaŋxel rama; April 30, 1926November 27, 1983) was a Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic, known for his work on modernismo and for his theorization of the concept…
Ann NocentiPerson · Film memorabiliaAnn "Annie" Nocenti (born January 17, 1957) is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer and editor.
Anton IngoličAuthor · BooksAnton Ingolič (5 January 1907 – 11 March 1992) was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor.
Antony BeaumontPerson · Music memorabiliaAntony Beaumont (born 27 January 1949 in London) is an English and German musicologist, writer, conductor and violinist.
Arabella SteinbacherPerson · Music memorabiliaArabella Miho Steinbacher (born 14 November 1981) is a German classical violinist.
Art SpiegelmanEngraver · PrintsItzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is a Polish-American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic…
August DerlethAuthor · BooksAugust William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. He was the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft.
August WenzingerPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland.
Barbara HarbachPerson · Music memorabiliaBarbara Harbach (born February 14, 1946) is an American composer, harpsichordist, organist, and teacher. Since 2004, she taught music at the University of Missouri-St.
Barry N. MalzbergAuthor · BooksBarry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and fantasy.
Basilea SchlinkPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Mother Basilea Schlink
Behrouz Sebt RasoulPerson · Film memorabiliaBehrouz Sebt Rasoul (بهروز سبط رسول; born 7 July 1970) is an independent Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, photographer, musician, and author of two novels.
Ben BovaAuthor · BooksBenjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor.
Ben LernerAuthor · BooksBenjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic.
Bert PapenfußAuthor · BooksBert Papenfuß (also Bert Papenfuß-Gorek; 11 January 1956 – 26 August 2023) was a German poet.
Bill MedleyPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) is an American singer best known as one of the Righteous Brothers.
Carlo Alberto RossiPerson · Music memorabiliaCarlo Alberto Rossi (30 August 1921 – 12 April 2010) was an Italian composer and record producer.
Carlos BarralAuthor · BooksCarlos Barral i Agesta (1928–1989) was a Spanish poet, considered (along with Jaime Gil de Biedma) to be one of the greatest poets of the so-called generation of the 1950s.
Carolyn KizerAuthor · BooksCarolyn Ashley Kizer (December 10, 1925 – October 9, 2014) was an American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985.
Christoph WolffPerson · Music memorabiliaChristoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German-born music historian and musicologist specializing in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly the life and works…
Claude NobsPerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Nobs (February 4, 1936 – January 10, 2013) was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Clifton FadimanAuthor · BooksClifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman (May 15, 1904 – June 20, 1999) was an American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality.
Corrado D'ErricoAuthor · BooksCorrado D'Errico (1902–1941) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. D'Errico was one of a number of directors in the Fascist era to graduate from the Istituto Luce.
Dave RomanArtist · Comics and comic artDave Roman (born May 26, 1977) is an American writer and artist of webcomics and comics.
David DrakeAuthor · Books
David SchermanPhotographer · PhotographyDavid E. Scherman (March 2, 1916 – May 5, 1997) was an American photographer, photojournalist, and editor.
David TanenbaumPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Tanenbaum (born September 10, 1956) is an American classical guitarist.
Dennis Báthory-KitszPerson · Music memorabiliaDennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, in Plainfield, New Jersey) (pseudonyms: Dennis Bathory, Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B.
Dhiru ParikhAuthor · BooksDhiru Ishwarlal Parikh (31 August 1933 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian Gujarati poet, short story writer and critic. He was an editor of Kavilok and Kumar, Gujarati literary magazines.
Diane AndersenPerson · Music memorabiliaDiane Andersen is a Danish born, Belgian classical concert pianist born in Copenhagen to a French mother and a Danish father.
Donald A. WollheimAuthor · BooksDonald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan.
Dora Jane HamblinPhotographer · PhotographyDora Jane Hamblin (June 15, 1920 – August 17, 1993), known as Dodie Hamblin, was an American journalist and editor.
Doris KarevaAuthor · BooksDoris Kareva (born 28 November 1958) is an Estonian poet and translator. She served as the secretary general of the Estonian National Commission in UNESCO between 1992 and 2008.
Dorothy NormanPhotographer · PhotographyDorothy Norman (née Stecker; 28 March 1905 – 12 April 1997) was an American photographer, writer, editor, arts patron and advocate for social change.
Endre GranatPerson · Music memorabiliaEndre Granat (born in Hungary in August 3, 1937) is an American violinist. He is regarded as the most recorded violinist and concertmaster working in the studios today.
Enzo SellerioPhotographer · PhotographyEnzo Sellerio (1924 – February 22, 2012) was an Italian photographer, publisher, and collector.
Eugen BrixelPerson · Music memorabiliaEugen Brixel (27 March 1939 – 16 October 2000) was an Austrian composer, musician and musicologist. The focus of his work was international wind music research.
Eugen EckertPerson · Music memorabiliaEugen Eckert (born 1954) is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher.
Eva Badura-SkodaPerson · Music memorabiliaEva Badura-Skoda (née Halfar; 15 January 1929 – 8 January 2021) was a German-born Austrian musicologist.
Francesca Lia BlockAuthor · BooksFrancesca Lia Block (born December 3, 1962) is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature.
Franco Maria RicciDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Franco Maria Ricci's office in his house in Imperia. Photography by Paolo Monti, 1981.
František HrubínAuthor · BooksIllustration — František Hrubín
Fredric JamesonAuthor · BooksFredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.
Gardner DozoisAuthor · BooksGardner Raymond Dozois (pron; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor.
Garrett HongoAuthor · BooksGarrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.
Gerald FinziPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was an English composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres.
Giovanna BorasiDesigner · DesignGiovanna Borasi (born 1971 in Milan, Italy) is Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2020.
Gloria SteinemAuthor · BooksShe was born in Toledo.
Grace Lee BoggsAuthor · BooksGrace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R.
Graydon CarterAuthor · BooksEdward Graydon Carter, Order of Canada (CM), is a Canadian journalist who was the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 until 2017. He co-founded, with Kurt Andersen and Thomas L.
Gunther SchullerPerson · Music memorabiliaGunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
H. C. Robbins LandonPerson · Music memorabiliaHoward Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926 – November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge…
Håkon AustbøPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — In Mexico City, 2015.
Han TerraDesigner · Modern design
Hans GrischkatPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Adolf Karl Wilhelm Grischkat (29 August 1903 – 10 January 1977) was a German conductor, especially a choral conductor, also a church musician and academic teacher.
Hans RedlichPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Ferdinand Redlich (11 February 1903 – 27 November 1968) was an Austrian musicologist, writer, conductor and composer who, due to political disruption by the Nazi Party, lived and…
Harlan EllisonAuthor · BooksHarlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative…
Hassan AouridAuthor · BooksHassan Aourid (born December 24, 1962) is a Moroccan writer. He has a PhD in political science and lectures at the Mohammed V University.
Helen Gurley BrownAuthor · BooksHelen Gurley Brown (Helen Marie Gurley; February 18, 1922 – August 13, 2012) was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman.
Hélène ChâtelainPerson · Film memorabiliaHélène Châtelain (28 December 1935 – 11 April 2020) was a Belgian-born French actress who appeared as "the woman" in Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962), and later worked with playwright Armand…
Homen BorgohainAuthor · BooksHomen Borgohain (7 December 1932 – 12 May 2021) was an Assamese author and journalist. He was awarded the 1978 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese language for his novel Pita Putra.
Hugh HefnerPerson · Film memorabiliaHugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher and businessman.
Imogen HolstPerson · Music memorabiliaImogen Clare Holst (von Holst; 12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist and festival administrator.
Ivan MinattiAuthor · BooksIvan Minatti (22 March 1924 – 9 June 2012) was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor.
James GalwayPerson · Music memorabiliaSir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute".
Jan EkierPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jan Ekier after having received the Order of the White Eagle (2010)
Jan Udo HoleyAuthor · BooksJan Udo Holey (born 22 March 1967), often known by his pen name Jan van Helsing, is a controversial German author who embraces conspiracy theories involving subjects such as world…
Jeni CouzynAuthor · BooksJeni Couzyn (born 1942) is a feminist poet and anthologist of South African extraction who lives and works in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Joan AikenAuthor · BooksJoan Delano Aiken (4 September 1924 – 4 January 2004) was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels.
John KirkpatrickPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Kirkpatrick (18 March 1905 – 8 November 1991) was an American classical pianist and music scholar, best known for championing the works of Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Carl Ruggles,…
John LehmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — John Lehmann (seated) with sister Rosamond Lehmann and Lytton Strachey
John TotlebenArtist · Comics and comic artJohn Thomas Totleben (born February 16, 1958) is an American illustrator working mostly in comic books.
Jon RosePerson · Music memorabiliaJonathan Anthony Rose (born 19 February 1951) is an Australian violinist, cellist, composer, and multimedia artist.
José María Gallardo del ReyPerson · Music memorabilia
Judith SchalanskyDesigner · Modern designJudith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German writer, book designer and publisher.
Julian BreamPerson · Music memorabiliaJulian Alexander Bream (15 July 1933 – 14 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist.
Kanimozhi KarunanidhiAuthor · BooksKanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist.
Karl DedeciusAuthor · BooksKarl Dedecius (20 May 1921 in Łódź – 26 February 2016) - was a Polish-born German translator of Polish and Russian literature.
Karl ShapiroAuthor · BooksKarl Jay Shapiro (November 10, 1913 – May 14, 2000) was an American poet. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1945 for his collection V-Letter and Other Poems.
Karl-Markus GaußAuthor · BooksKarl-Markus Gauß (born 14 May 1954, in Salzburg) is an Austrian contemporary writer, essayist and editor. He lives in Salzburg.
Kevin O'NeillArtist · Comics and comic artKevin O'Neill (– 3 November 2022) was an English comic book illustrator who was the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law (both with writer Pat Mills), and The League of…
Kristina BrenkAuthor · BooksKristina Brenk née Vrhovec, also known as Kristina Brenkova (22 October 1911 – 20 November 2009) was a Slovene writer, poet, translator and editor, best known for her books for children.[1]
Kristina BuožytėPerson · Film memorabiliaKristina Buožytė (born October 9, 1982) is a Lithuanian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Larry LieberArtist · Comics and comic artLawrence D. Lieber (born October 26, 1931) is an American comic book writer and artist best known as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superheroes Iron Man, Thor, and Ant-Man.
Lester del ReyAuthor · BooksLeonard Knapp (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993), best known by his primary pseudonym Lester del Rey, was an American science fiction author and editor.
Lewis TrondheimArtist · Comics and comic artLaurent Chabosy (French: [ʃabɔzi]; born 11 December 1964), better known as Lewis Trondheim (French pronunciation: [lewis tʁɔ̃dɛm]), is a French cartoonist and one of the founders (in 1990)…
Malcolm MuggeridgeAuthor · BooksThomas Malcolm Muggeridge (24 March 1903 – 14 November 1990) was a British journalist and satirist. His father, H. T.
Marcel BeyerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marcel Beyer in 2008
Margaret BusbyAuthor · BooksMargaret Yvonne Busby, Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK.
María Luisa BombalAuthor · BooksMaría Luisa Bombal Anthes (maˈɾi.a ˈlwisa βomˈβal; Viña del Mar, 8 June 1910 – 6 May 1980) was a Chilean novelist and poet. Her work incorporates erotic, surrealist, and feminist themes.
María Teresa LeónAuthor · Books
Marin PredaAuthor · BooksMarin Preda (maˈrin ˈpreda; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County], Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian…
Marit AllenDesigner · FashionMarit Allen (17 September 1941 – 26 November 2007) was an English fashion journalist and costume designer.
Marjory CollinsPhotographer · PhotographyMarjory Collins (15 March 1912 – 1985) was an American photographer and writer, known for her coverage of the United States home front during World War II for the Farm Security…
Mark BowdenAuthor · BooksMark Bowden (born 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic.
Märt VäljatagaAuthor · BooksMärt Väljataga (born 30 March 1965) is an Estonian literary scholar, critic, translator, poet and editor. Since 1995, he has been the editor-in-chief of the cultural journal Vikerkaar.
Max RostalPerson · Music memorabiliaMax Rostal (7 July 1905 – 6 August 1991) was a violinist and a violist. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.
Merlin HollandAuthor · BooksChristopher Merlin Vyvyan Holland (born December 1945) is a British and Irish biographer and editor.
Michael AlbertAuthor · BooksMichael Albert (born April 8, 1947) is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic. Since the late 1970s, he has published on a variety of subjects.
Michael MoorcockPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer, originally of science fiction and fantasy, who has published many well-received literary novels as well as comic…
Michel MohrtArtist · PaintingsMichel Mohrt (28 April 1914 – 17 August 2011) was an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature.
Michel OrcelAuthor · BooksMichel Orcel (born 1952, in Marseille) is a contemporary French writer, publisher and psychoanalyst.
Milan OhniskoAuthor · BooksMilan Ohnisko (16 July 1965 – 3 September 2026) was a Czech poet, editor and dissident.
Mirela IvanovaAuthor · BooksMirela Ivanova (born 11 May 1962 in Sofia) is one of the most famous modern Bulgarian poets. Her poems have been translated into many different languages, including German and English.
Morgan ParkerAuthor · BooksMorgan Parker (born December 19, 1987) is an American poet, novelist, and editor. She is the author of poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Switchback Books,…
Mort WeisingerAuthor · BooksMortimer Weisinger (April 25, 1915 – May 7, 1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age…
Mstislav RostropovichPerson · Music memorabiliaMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.
Muriel SparkAuthor · BooksMuriel Spark is recorded as having received Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, James Tait Black Memorial Prize a

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