Robert Gottlieb, Acclaimed Literary Editor Who Launched Career With ‘Catch-22,’ Dies at 92
thewrap.composting an article that details his life and impact. Gottlieb was born April 29, 1931, and was raised in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
He graduated from Columbia University in 1952 before attending Cambridge University in the U.K for two years. Three years later, Gottlieb joined publishing company Simon and Schuster working as an editorial assistant for Jack Goodman, then-editor-in-chief.
While there he edited Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22,” making a notable statement when he suggested the number 22 instead of 18 due to the publishing of Leon Uris’s “Mila 18.”In 1968, Gottlieb moved to Alfred A.
Knopf as editor-in-chief, and he eventually was promoted to company’s president. He left Alfred A. Knopf in 1987 to take over William Shawn’s position as editor of The New Yorker and remained in the role until 1992.
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