Eugene Reynal
American publisher (1902–1968)
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Eugene St. Rose Reynal (March 31, 1902 – March 20, 1968)[1][2][3] was an American publisher who founded Blue Ribbon Books of Garden City, New York, and Reynal & Hitchcock (with Curtice Hitchcock) of New York City in 1933.[4]
Born
March 31, 1902
Eugene St. Rose Reynal
March 31, 1902
New York City, United States
DiedMarch 20, 1968 (aged 65)
New York City, United States
OccupationPublisher
Spouse
Eugene Reynal | |
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Reynal, c. 1939 | |
| Born | Eugene St. Rose Reynal March 31, 1902 New York City, United States |
| Died | March 20, 1968 (aged 65) New York City, United States |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Spouse | |
From 1938 to 1946, Reynal was married to Elizabeth Young, an actress who had appeared in the 1933 film Queen Christina with Greta Garbo.[5] During World War II, Reynal served as a Captain in the Army Air Forces, stationed at one point in Miami Beach, Florida.[6]
Louis Menand in The New Yorker wrote of Reynal that he "achieved immortality the bad way" by turning down the opportunity to publish The Catcher in the Rye.[7]
