Edward A. Weeks

Edward Augustus Weeks Jr. (February 19, 1898 – March 11, 1989) was an American writer, essayist, and editor of The Atlantic.^[1] He died in 1989 at the age of 91.^[2]

Weeks was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.^[2] He attended Cornell and Harvard universities before he earned an LL.D. degree from Cambridge. He sold books for Boni & Liberight before he went to work at The Atlantic. Four years later, he became editor of the Atlantic Monthly Press, and in 1938 he was named editor of The Atlantic.^[3]

Weeks' higher education was interrupted when he volunteered for service during World War I. He won the Croix de Guerre for his work driving an ambulance for the American Field Service.^[2]

Weeks wrote for, and was the host of, Meet Mr. Weeks, a literary talk radio program on the Blue Network from November 7, 1939, until March 11, 1941. Each episode of the 30-minute program included Weeks' interview of a guest from the press, higher education, publishing, or theater.^[4]

Weeks had two brothers. His first wife was Frederica Watriss, who died in 1970. He married Phoebe-Lou Adams in 1971, and they remained wed until his death.^[5] They had a son and a daughter.^[2] On March 11, 1989, Weeks died in his sleep at his home in Thompson, Connecticut.^[5]

Publications

This Trade of Writing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1935. OCLC 327540.
The Open Heart. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1955. OCLC 334736.
In Friendly Candor. Boston: Little, Brown. 1959. OCLC 284856.
Breaking Into Print: An Editor's Advice on Writing. Boston: The Writer, Inc. 1962. OCLC 326824.
The Lowells and Their Institute. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1966. OCLC 785199.
Fresh Waters. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1968. OCLC 560628.
The Moisie Salmon Club: A Chronicle. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers. 1971. ISBN 978-0827171213.
My Green Age. Boston: Little, Brown. 1973. ISBN 978-0316927901.
Writers and Friends. New York: Little, Brown. 1981. ISBN 978-0316927918.

References

^ "Edward Weeks". The Atlantic.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Collins, Glenn (14 March 1989). "Edward A. Weeks, 91, an Editor Of The Atlantic Monthly, Is Dead". The New York Times.
^ "Meet Mr. Weeks Program Popular with Book Devotees". Sioux City Journal. December 31, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
^ ^a ^b Driscoll, Edgar J. Jr. (March 13, 1989). "Edward Weeks, longtime editor of the Atlantic Monthly; at 91". The Boston Globe. p. 21. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.