Roger Straus Jr., 87; Founded Preeminent Publishing House

The Washington Post | May 28, 2004 | Copyright

Roger W. Straus Jr., 87, a Guggenheim heir who co-founded one of the 20th century's great publishing houses, died May 25 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He had pneumonia.

The longtime head of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Mr. Straus -- blunt, profane, theatrical, fond of wearing ascots -- was among the last of the truly old-fashioned publishers. He ran his own company for more than half a century, holding on as the book world evolved from a small, clannish community to an increasingly impersonal, money- minded business.

In 1945, Mr. Straus and fellow publisher John Farrar formed Farrar, Straus ...

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