Background
Knopf, Blanche was born on July 30, 1894 in New York City. Daughter of Julius and Bertha Wolf.
Knopf, Blanche was born on July 30, 1894 in New York City. Daughter of Julius and Bertha Wolf.
Graduate Gardner School, New York City. Doctor of Letters, Franklin and Marshall College, 1962. Doctor of Letters, Adelphi University, 1966.
Blanche and Alfred traveled the world seeking new authors. Blanche was especially influential in having European and Latin American literature translated into English and published in the United States. After World World War II she was one of the first American publishers to travel to Europe, and from then on she was in charge of all European efforts of the firm.
Family and early life Blanche Wolf was born in New York City to Julius Wolf, a jeweler born in Vienna, and her mother Bertha.
She met Alfred Knopf in 1911 in Lawrence, New New York Their son, Alfred "Pat" Knopf, was born on June 17, 1918.
Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated. She learned the mechanics of printing and publishing and went on to become a highly influential editors
Knopf is credited with designing the Borzoi, a Russian wolfhound imprint marking Knopf titles.
She became the Vice President of the company when it was incorporated in 1918. Knopf became president of Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated. in 1957 when Alfred Knopf became the chairman. Knopf is credited for advancing the careers of numerous authors, serving as an adviser while agreeing to publish the work of several influential authors.
The Knopfs published the work of eleven Nobel Prize winners and eighteen Pulitzer Prize-winning titles.
Knopf frequently traveled to Europe and Latin America to meet foreign authors and publishers. She is credited with recruiting Sigmund Freud, Albert Camus, André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Ilya Ehrenburg, Mikhail Sholokhov, Thomas Mann, and Gilberto Freyre, striking deals to publish translations of their works in the United States.
Knopf also worked closely with many American writers, including John Updike, Carl Van Vechten, Willa Cather, Half-Life Mencken, Dashiell Hammett and Langston Hughes.
Blanche Knopf has been listed as a noteworthy publisher by Marquis Who's Who.
Married Alfred A. Knopf, April.
