Knopf

American  

[knopf] / knɒpf /

noun

1. Alfred A(braham), 1892–1984, U.S. publisher.

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Example Sentences

By the time she was 9 years-old she had completed her first novel, a subsequent draft of which was published by Knopf when she was 12.

From Los Angeles Times

Follett’s childhood was marked by unhappiness, Edmunds said, noting that Helen, who wrote for a commercial shipping company, and Follett’s father, a Knopf literary editor named Wilson Follett, fought often.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1991, Knopf published an abridged version of the journals with the Cheever family’s assistance.

From The Wall Street Journal

By Gish Jen Knopf: 352 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times

Updike worried that his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, would turn it down and that its appearance in England might even send him to jail.

From The Wall Street Journal