Eugene Reynal

Eugene St. Rose Reynal (March 31, 1902 – March 20, 1968)^[1][2][3] was an American publisher who founded Blue Ribbon Books of Garden City, New York, and Reynal & Hitchcock (with Curtice Hitchcock) of New York City in 1933.^[4]

Eugene Reynal
Reynal, c. 1939
Born	(1902-03-31)March 31, 1902 New York City
Died	March 20, 1968(1968-03-20) (aged 65) New York City
Occupation	Publisher
Spouse	Elizabeth Young ​ ​ (m. 1938; div. 1946)​

From 1938 to 1946, Reynal was married to Elizabeth Young, an actress who had appeared in Queen Christina with Greta Garbo.^[5] During World War II, Reynal served as a Captain in the Army Air Forces, stationed at one point in Miami Beach, Florida.^[6]

Louis Menand in The New Yorker wrote of Reynal that he "achieved immortality the bad way" by turning down the opportunity to publish The Catcher in the Rye.^[7]

References

1. "Today's Birthdays". The News. Frederick, Maryland. March 31, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
2. "Eugene Reynal". New York Daily News. March 22, 1968. p. 62. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
3. "Eugene St. Rose Reynal". geni.com. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
4. American Authors and Books: 1640 to Present Day Third Revised Edition, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. (Original Editors W. J. Burke and Will D. Howe)
5. Randolph, Nancy (August 29, 1946). "Elizabeth Reynal Free; Her 2nd Marital Washout". New York Daily News. p. 13. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
6. Lambright, E. D. (August 23, 1942). "Books and Bookmen". The Tampa Tribune. p. 14. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
7. "Holden Caulfield at Fifty". The New Yorker. 24 September 2001.