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George Braziller (born February 12, 1916) is an American book publisher and the founder of George Braziller, Inc., a firm known for its literary and artistic books and its publication of foreign authors.〔 ==Life and career== George Braziller became interested in publishing while he was working as a shipping clerk,〔 his first job,〔 during the Great Depression. In the 1940s, he founded the Book Find Club, which was smaller than the Book of the Month Club but exceedingly successful, “with a reputation for seriousness of purpose.”〔 After the end of World War II, he sold the Book Find Club to Time–Life Publishing and put half of the proceeds into the publishing firm he founded in the mid-1950s. When Braziller travelled to Europe in the late 1960s,〔 he was in Paris during the events of May 1968 which led to the collapse of the de Gaulle government. Henri Alleg's autobiography ''La Question,'' which he brought back from that trip and published in English language translation, was his firm's first big success in the United States. The Braziller publishing firm, which is also known for its loyalty to its authors,〔〔 is located at 277 Broadway, Suite 708,〔 in Manhattan, New York City. Braziller's forthcoming memoir, ''Encounters: My Life in Publishing'', will be released in July 2015. In ''Encounters'', Braziller captures his life and his work as a publisher. Through a series of vignettes, he discusses experiences ranging from his Depression-era childhood in Brooklyn to his years at the helm of his independent publishing house. He describes encounters with literary figures such as Orhan Pamuk and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as artists and icons including Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Braziller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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