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- Died
- Birth nameBarnet Lee Rosset Jr.
- Barney Rosset was born on May 28, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Strange Victory (1948), Shattered (2005) and The Hard-Boiled Egg (2006). He was married to Astrid Myers. He died on February 21, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseAstrid Myers(? - February 21, 2012) (his death)
- Owner of avant-garde New York book publisher Grove Press from 1951 to 1985.
- I have only one superstition, and that's the number 33. 'Waiting for Godot' was number 33. One of my sons is named Beckett. There are many authors that I loved dearly, but if I have to single out one it's easy.
- Painters are more gregarious than writers. Writers go and hide.
- One funny thing was meeting [Samuel] Beckett and Henry Miller together. They didn't want to have the meeting because both had a feeling of really hating each other. But they actually got along very well. And both of them came to me separately afterwards and said, you know, he's a lot better than I thought He's mellowed.
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