Laughlin, James

Laughlin, James
(30 oct., 1914, Pittsburgh, Pa., EE.UU.–12 nov. 1997, Norfolk, Conn.).

Editor y poeta estadounidense. Nacido en el seno de una acaudalada familia, Laughlin fundó la editorial New Directions en 1936, luego de graduarse en Harvard. Su propósito al fundar la casa editorial era publicar a autores ignorados pero influyentes, como William Carlos Williams y Ezra Pound, quien fue amigo de Laughlin y ejerció una gran influencia en su vida y su obra. Las ediciones de New Directions de autores como Dylan Thomas, Tennessee Williams y Hermann Hesse (uno de los muchos autores extranjeros que publicó traducidos) terminaron por transformarla en una de las editoriales literarias más distinguidas de EE.UU., a pesar de su pequeño tamaño. Sus ediciones baratas de bolsillo tenían blanquinegras características que las hacían reconocibles en cualquier librería.

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