Bennett Cerf (1898–1971)
Author of The Best Short Stories of O. Henry
About the Author
Bennett Cerf was born in 1898, in Manhattan. He was educated at Columbia University. In 1925 he acquired the Modern Library with Donald Klopfer, providing the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. A major figure of American publishing for more than four decades, Cerf died in show more 1971. show less
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Series
Works by Bennett Cerf
Bennett Cerf's Out on a Limerick: A Collection of over 300 of the World's Best Printable Limericks (1960) 55 copies
Dear Donald, Dear Bennett: The Wartime Correspondence of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer (2002) 25 copies
Famous Plays of Crime and Detection, from Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street (1946) — Editor — 13 copies
The Laugh Round-Up 4 copies
Book of Animal Riddles 2 copies
Three Famous Murder Novels 1 copy
Famous ghost stories 1 copy
The case of Ezra Pound 1 copy
try and stop me Dup)? 1 copy
the life of the party 1 copy
good for a laugh 1 copy
Bennett Cerf's Best Laughs 1 copy
Riddles 1 copy
try and stop me 1 copy
Laugh's on Me. The 1 copy
Pocket Book of War Humor 1 copy
Associated Works
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (2001) — Editor, some editions — 1,783 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Cerf, Bennett Alfred
- Birthdate
- 1898-05-25
- Date of death
- 1971-08-27
- Burial location
- Cremated, Ashes scattered at his Mount Kisco, New York home
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
Mount Kisco, New York, USA - Education
- Columbia University (LittB|Journalism|1920)
Columbia University (AB|1920) - Occupations
- publisher
humorist - Relationships
- Cerf, Christopher (son)
Wagner, Phyllis Cerf (second wife)
Sidney, Sylvia (first wife) - Organizations
- Famous Writers School
Random House
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Statistics
- Works
- 100
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 5,162
- Popularity
- #4,820
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 47
- ISBNs
- 93
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 6