Victor Weybright (1903-1978)[1] was an American writer and publisher.

He was educated at Hull House and the University of Chicago.[2]

During World War II he worked in London for the United States Office of War Information.

After the war Weybright was brought in by Allen Lane, head of the British publishing firm Penguin Books, to help Kurt Enoch run its American branch, Penguin Books Inc.

In 1948 together with Enoch he co-founded the publishing company New American Library.[1] After retiring from NAL in 1966, he started the trade publisher Weybright & Talley in partnership with his stepson.[3]

He travelled with gypsies and founded the North American chapter of the Gypsy Lore Society.[4]

He wrote short stories for pulp magazines such as Adventure.[5]

His hobbies included blacksmithing.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biographical Notes". Philsp.com. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  2. ↑ "The Making of a Publisher by Victor Weybright", Kirkus Reviews, Morrow-Reynal, 22 September 1967. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Books and Authors; New Publishing Firm". The New York Times. 1966-12-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  4. ↑ "Weybright Archives". The Gypsy Lore Society. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Stories, Listed by Author". Philsp.com. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  6. ↑ Robert Spiers Benjamin, ed., Call to Adventure: True Tales of Adventures Set Down by the Men who Actually Experienced Them. London; Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co., 1935.

Further reading

  • Jeremy Lewis, Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane, New York: Penguin Books, 2005.
  • J. E. Morpurgo, Allen Lane, King Penguin: A Biography, London: Hutchinson, 1979.
  • Al Silverman, The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors. New York: Truman Talley Books, 2008.
  • Victor Weybright, The Making of a Publisher: A Life in the 20th Century Book Revolution. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968.


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