Maxwell Perkins

American literary editor (1884-1947) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 62

William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Wolfe.

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