Ed Victor
Ed Victor , CBE , (born September 9, 1939 in New York City , New York - † June 7, 2017 in London ) was an American journalist and literary agent .
Life
Ed Victor was born the son of Russian Jewish immigrants in the Bronx . His father owned a camera and accessories store. Victor attended a local high school and then Ivy League Dartmouth College . In 1961 he got the opportunity to come to Great Britain through a Marshall Scholarship, where he continued his studies at Pembroke College in Cambridge . In 1963 he married Micheline Samuels and decided to stay in England. Victor got a job at "Oborne Press", a small publishing house in London. He later worked for George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson in their publishing house, where he led his own department.
He and his wife had two sons. When their marriage ended, he also left Weidenfeld and Nicolson and founded Ink magazine with Felix Dennis and Richard Neville . However, since the three could not agree on the format and content, this venture was unsuccessful and Victor returned to the United States. There he met the lawyer Carol Ryan, whom he married in 1972. In 1976 he founded the literary agency Ed Victor Ltd. , whose clients included notable people such as Douglas Adams , Max Brooks , Eric Clapton, and Joan Collins . They also included the Irish writer Frank Delaney , with whom Victor was friends.
Victor died on June 7, 2017 of complications from leukemia.
The literary agency Ed Victor Ltd. was taken over by Curtis Brown shortly after his death.
Awards
At the turn of the year 2015/2016, on the 40th anniversary of the founding of his literary agency, Queen Elisabeth made him “Commander of the British Empire for services to literature”.
Fonts
- The obvious diet . Arcade Pub., New York 2002, ISBN 1-55970-651-1 .
Web links
- Tim Dowling: Special agent In: The Guardian . March 1, 2004
- Shannon Bond: At home: Ed Victor In: House & Home. August 17, 2012
- Somehow I always knew life was a race - and that I had to win it. (PDF; 154 kB) In: victoria-young.co.uk. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ed Victor dies. In: thebookseller.com. Bookseller Media Ltd., June 8, 2017, accessed June 8, 2017 .
- ^ Stephanie Merritt: The Mr Big of publishing. In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd., March 11, 2007, accessed June 2, 2015 (The Observer profile: Ed Victor).
- ^ Anna Tyzack: My perfect weekend: Ed Victor. In: The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, September 1, 2011, accessed June 2, 2015 (interview).
- ^ Ed Victor Ltd. - clients. (No longer available online.) In: edvictor.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 2, 2015 .
- ^ Goodbye Ed Victor: super-agent, flamboyant mentor and friend . In: Evening Standard . June 8, 2017 (English, co.uk ).
- ^ Curtis Brown Acquires Ed Victor Ltd. curtisbrown.co.uk, July 3, 2017, accessed September 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Ed Victor - an honored literary agent . In: The Guardian . December 31, 2015 (English, theguardian.com ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Victor, Ed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and literary agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 2017 |
| Place of death | London , England , UK |