Maxwell Perkins
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About
An editor with Charles Scribner's Sons who discovered some of the top literary minds of the early 20th century.
Before Fame
He was an economics major at Harvard, but a class in literature taught by the famed professor Charles Townsend Copeland formed the foundation for his literary career.
Trivia
At Scribner he came across F. Scott Fitzgerald's early manuscript, already rejected twice by their editorial board; he persuaded them to publish it, with a few revisions.
Family Life
He was born in New York City.
Associated With
He discovered the author Thomas Wolfe , working with him to perfect his early novel until was ready for publication as Look Homeward, Angel.
