Robert Adams Gottlieb was an American author and editor who lived from April 29, 1931, to June 14, 2023.
He served as the top editor of The New Yorker, Alfred A. Knopf, and Simon & Schuster.
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Robert Gottlieb was raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1931. His uncle Arthur Adams, who is now known to have been a Soviet spy, was honoured by having his middle name given to him.
In 1952, Gottlieb received his degree from Columbia University. In 1954, he earned his master’s degree from Cambridge University.
Jack Goodman’s editorial assistant Gottlieb began working for Simon & Schuster in 1955. Within ten years, he rose to the position of editor-in-chief.
The book Catch-22 by the at-the-time-unknown Joseph Heller was Gottlieb’s most significant find at that publication and one that he edited.
Gottlieb was the one who recommended using 22 as the title rather than 18 because Leon Uris’ Mila 18 would be released around the same time.
