Richard Seaver

Richard Seaver
Born(1926-12-31)December 31, 1926
DiedJanuary 5, 2009(2009-01-05) (aged 82)
New York City, US
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina
Occupation(s)Author, editor, translator, publisher
Spouse
Jeannette Medina (married 1953–2009)

Richard Woodward Seaver (December 31, 1926 – January 5, 2009) was an American translator, editor and publisher. Seaver was instrumental in defying censorship, to bring to light works by authors such as Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Hubert Selby, Eugène Ionesco, E.M. Cioran, D.H. Lawrence, Jack Kerouac, Robert Coover, Harold Pinter and the Marquis de Sade.