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(1926-2009) Publisher, translator. Richard Seaver died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Richard Seaver

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1926

BIRTH

Richard Woodward Seaver was born in Watertown, Connecticut, in 1926.

1959

OTHER

Mr. Seaver began working for Grove Press in Manhattan, New York, in 1959, and worked there until 1971.

1960

LITWORK

Moderato Cantabile
Grove Press.

Written by Marguerite Duras, translated by Richard Seaver.

1965

LITWORK

The Complete Justine: Philosophy In The Bedroom And Other Writings
New York.

Written by Marquis De Sade, compiled and translated by Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse.

1969

LITWORK

Manifestoes Of Surrealism
University of Michigan Press.
978-0472061822
Written by Andre Breton, Translated by Richard Seaver and Helen R. Lane.

1980

LITWORK

The Hermit
Henry Holt & Company.
978-0394177465
Written by Eugene Ionesco and translated by Richard Seaver.

1986

LITWORK

Ravishing Of Lol Stein
Pantheon.
978-0394743042
Written by Marguerite Duras, translated by Richard Seaver.

1987

LITWORK

The 120 Days Of Sodom And Other Writings
New York.
978-0802130129
Written by Marquis De Sade, translated and edited by Richard Seaver and Austryn Wainhouse.

1988

OTHER

Mr. Seaver founded Arcade Publishing in Manhattan, New York, in 1988.

1994

LITWORK

Hiroshima Mon Amour
Grove Press; 1st Evergreen edition.
978-0802131041
Written by Marguerite Duras, translated by Richard Seaver.

1998

LITWORK

Helen And Desire
Running Press.
978-1562010881
Written by Alexander Trocchi and Richard Seaver.

2000

LITWORK

Letters From Prison
Farrar Straus Giroux.
978-1860468070
Written by Marquis de Sade, translated and introduction by Richard Seaver.

2005

LITWORK

The Long Voyage
Overlook TP.
978-1585676392
Written by Jorge Semprun, translated by Richard Seaver.

2009

DEATH

Richard Seaver died in Manhattan, New York, in 2009.

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