Robert B. Silvers (b. 1929) is editor of The New York Review of Books, the leading liberal publisher in the United States. He was co-editor with Barbara Epstein until her death in 2006)

Prior to joining the Review, Mr. Silvers was, from 1959 to 1963, associate editor of Harper's magazine, editor of the book Writing in America and translator of La Gangrene. Before that, Mr. Silvers lived in Paris for six years (1952 to 1958), where he served with the U.S. Army at SHAPE Headquarters and attended the Sorbonne and Paris Institute of Political Studies (best known as Sciences Po). He joined the editorial board of The Paris Review in 1954 and became Paris editor in 1956. He also worked as press secretary to Governor Chester Bowles in 1950. He is also a 1947 graduate of the University of Chicago.

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