Edwin Kennebeck

Background

Mr. Kennebeck was born in Denver, Colorado, United States, in 1924.

Education

Edwin Kennebeck graduated from the Marquette University College of Journalism. He also received a master's degree in English from Marquette.

Career

Mr. Kennebeck began his twenty-eight-year career as an editor for Viking Press in 1955. While at Viking, Edwin Kennebeck served as editor for works by John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, and Jack Kerouac. In 1973, he penned his only work, Juror Number Four: The Trial of Thirteen Black Panthers as Seen from the Jury Box, based on his experience as a juror in the trial involving several members of the Black Panther movement. Mr. Kennebeck also contributed articles to journals, including Semicolon, Village Voice, The Nation.

Edwin Kennebeck died on May 2 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 72 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was cancer of the esophagus, said a friend, Jim Tamulis.

Achievements

• In his 28 years at Viking, Edwin Kennebeck helped to ease the labor pains of a diverse group of writers. He worked on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" and on books by Marianne Moore, Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, John Steinbeck and Iris Murdoch, among others.

Works

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  • Juror Number Four: The Trial of Thirteen Black Panthers As Seen From the Jury Box

Connections

Sister:

Rita de Bey

Sister:

Ruth Ann Zook

Brother:

Paul Kennebeck

Brother:

Joseph Kennebeck

References

• Edwin Kennebeck, A Book Editor, 72 - The New York Times