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Pascal Avram "Pat" Covici (November 4,1885–October 14,1964) was a Romanian Jewish-American book publisher and editor. BiographyEarly lifePascal Avram Covici, known to his friends as "kai," was born November 4, 1885 in Botoşani, Romania. He was the son of vintner Wolf Covici and Schifra Barish. At the age of twelve, his family immigrated to Chicago where his six brothers owned and managed a number of retail stores. He studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago, but he did not graduate from either school. Afterwards, he worked at his brothers' stores. Early publishing careerFor several years, he published a monthly newspaper in Bradenton, Florida. In 1922, together with partner Billy McGee, he started a publishing company and bookstore in Chicago. The store became a popular spot for writers, the company published special, limited edition books, often created for collectors. Ben Hecht's 1922 memoir, published by the firm, was labeled obscene and was restricted and confiscated by post office officials. Hecht, the illustrator Wallace Smith, and the publishers were arrested, pleaded no contest, and had to pay a fine of $1,000. New firm and controversyWhen McGee left the company in connection to health issues in 1924, Covici continued to publish under Pascal Covici, Inc. Several years later, he began a firm with Donald Friede in New York City. The play The Front Page by Hecht and Charles MacArthur and the novel The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall garnered the company quick success. The Well of Loneliness was seized from Covici-Friede's offices after Friede sold a copy to John Saxton Sumner of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice but the New York Court of Special Sessions cleared the book of charges of obscenity.[1] In addition to writers like Gene Fowler, Wyndham Lewis, Clifford Odets, and Nathanael West, their key author was John Steinbeck whom they signed in 1934. They published Tortilla Flat in 1935 and other new and reprinted Steinbeck works. Covici-Friede failed in 1938; in 1943, Crown Publishing purchased the firm's assets.[2] Viking PressIn 1938, Covici moved to Viking Press, where he convinced Steinbeck to sign. Viking published The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which received a 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[3] Overall, Covici's association with Steinbeck was long-lasting and highly honored by both sides.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} Covici also worked on the Viking Portable Library and with authors like Joseph Campbell, Ludwig Bemelmans, Gilbert Highet, Lionel Trilling, Arthur Miller, George Gamow, Shirley Jackson, Willy Ley, Marianne Moore, and Saul Bellow. Bellow's novel Herzog, Steinbeck's East of Eden, and Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle are dedicated to Covici. Death and legacyCovici died October 14, 1964. His relationship with John Steinbeck is portrayed in the book Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship, edited by Thomas Fensch. Other works published
References1. ^{{cite journal | last = Taylor | first = Leslie A. | title = 'I Made Up My Mind to Get It': The American Trial of The Well of Loneliness, New York City, 1928-1929 | journal = Journal of the History of Sexuality | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 250–286 | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1353/sex.2001.0042 }} 2. ^{{Cite book| publisher = Gale Research Company| isbn = 0-8103-1724-9| volume = 46| pages = 92–96| editors = Peter Dzwonkoski (ed.)| last = Filreis| first = Alan J.| title = American literary publishing houses, 1900-1980. edited by Peter Dzwonkoski.| chapter = Covici-Firede| location = Detroit, Mich.| series = Dictionary of literary biography| date = 1986}} 3. ^"Novel" The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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