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Cerf

American  
[surf] / sɜrf /

noun

  1. Bennett (Alfred), 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.


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“There’s an adage that I have come to quote repeatedly, and it is if you want to do something big, get help, especially from people who are smarter than you are,” Cerf said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

He came away impressed from an early trip to the U.S.S.R., where he said he was “the last Cerf in Russia,” but was a vocal opponent of censorship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He became so famous that at least one Random House book featured a blurb from Cerf himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Upon winning the court battle, Cerf and Random House cleverly marketed the book with an “elite patina” to a mass audience, Ms. Feldman observes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

"I'm not sore. Senlis is a good place and we can stay at the Grand Cerf and take a hike in the woods and come home."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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