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    William Maxwell Evarts "Max" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947) was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway...
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    JSTOR 26303279. PMID 754550. Perkins, Maxwell Evarts (2004) [1950]. Bruccoli, Matthew J.; Baughman, Judith S. (eds.). The Sons of Maxwell Perkins: Letters of F. Scott...
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  • 66th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1929, in New York City, Maxwell Perkins is a successful editor at Scribner's and discoverer of great authors...
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    Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including...
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    editor Maxwell Perkins was the basis of a movie titled Genius in 2016 in which Jude Law and Colin Firth played the roles of Wolfe and Perkins respectively...
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    written it into the book. — Francis Scott Fitzgerald, to his editor Maxwell Perkins For his work, Cugat was paid $100 at the time, about $1,700 of today...
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  • sent the manuscript to her husband's editor, Maxwell Perkins. Although unimpressed by the manuscript, Perkins published the work in order for Fitzgerald...
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  • German, Italian, Russian, and 22 other languages. Rawlings's editor was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and other...
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  • Kenneth Raisbeck. The novel was published by Scribners and edited by Maxwell Perkins. According to Publishers Weekly, it was the 3rd best selling work of...
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  • of America, Monday, September 20, 2010] Perkins, Maxwell Evarts; Baughman, Judith, The sons of Maxwell Perkins: letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest...
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    In 2005, Talese was the first recipient of the Center for Fiction’s Maxwell Perkins Award, given to "honor the work of an editor, publisher, or agent,...
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    His maternal grandfather was Maxwell Perkins, an editor for the publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons. Through Perkins, King is descended from U.S....
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    1971, Berg expanded his senior thesis on editor Maxwell Perkins into a full-length biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (1978), which won a National...
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  • completion, Wolfe gave the vast manuscript to Scribner editor Maxwell Perkins. Perkins was impressed with the young author's talent, but requested that...
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  • Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by...
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    Vaughn 2015 Eye in the Sky — Gavin Hood Producer only 2016 Genius Maxwell Perkins Michael Grandage Loving — Jeff Nichols Producer only Bridget Jones's...
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    one hand holding an apple, her shoulders and a thigh exposed. Editor Maxwell Perkins intended "Cleon's respectably sexy" design to attract "the feminine...
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    manuscript to Scott's editor, Maxwell Perkins, at Scribner's. Surprised to receive an unannounced novel in the mail from Zelda, Perkins carefully perused the...
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    The New Yorker and in 1939 she was signed as a Scribner author where Maxwell Perkins, famous for his work with many of her contemporaries, including Ernest...
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    had been planning the novel since 1923, when he told his publisher Maxwell Perkins of his plans to embark upon a work of art that would be beautiful and...
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    Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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    Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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    In December 2010, the Center for Fiction awarded Amanda Urban the Maxwell E. Perkins Award in recognition of her work and contribution to the field of...
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    Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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    Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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    That Counts: The Ernest Hemingway - Maxwell Perkins Correspondence. Scribner. Berg, A. Scott (1978). Max Perkins, Editor of Genius. New American Library...
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  • Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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  • (based on José Robles) Mark Pellegrino as Max Eastman Peter Coyote as Maxwell Perkins Lars Ulrich as Joris Ivens Robert Duvall as General Petrov Tony Shalhoub...
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  • Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985). When Caldwell submitted the manuscript to Maxwell Perkins in 1937, she was an unknown housewife from Buffalo, New York. Dynasty...
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    Billfishing Tournament International Imitation Hemingway Competition Maxwell Perkins Adriana Ivancich Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Premio Hemingway Hello...
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