Professions: Founder and co-editor of The New York Review of Books; edited Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl.”
Degree: Graduated from Radcliffe in 1949.
Quotes: “Barbara was one of the most influential editors of our time, but she had none of the qualities — aggressiveness, ruthlessness, egotism — that are commonly associated with powerful editors. Barbara's uncommon modesty, gentleness and charm were the source of a certain mysteriousness”; “She loved Champagne, and she herself had this quality that was so fizzy and festive, with such an appetite for trivia and gossip, that you completely forgot she was the editor of The New York Review.”
Death: June 16, 2006, in New York, N.Y., of lung cancer.
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