Harry Duncan (publisher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harry Duncan (publisher)

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1916

Place of Birth: Keokuk, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1997

Profession: artist

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Harry Duncan (publisher)

  • Harry Duncan (né Harry Alvin Duncan; 19 April 1916 Keokuk, Iowa – 18 April 1997 Omaha, Nebraska) was a hand-press printer, author, librettist, translator, and publisher under his imprint the Cummington Press.
  • He was known for publishing early works by Robert Lowell, Tennessee Williams, Wallace Stevens, Allen Tate, Marianne Moore, William Logan, Stephen Berg, and Dana Gioia.
  • A 1982 Newsweek article about the rebirth of the hand press movement said that Duncan was "considered the father of the post-World War II private-press movement."

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