Joan Bingham

Joan Bingham (March 5, 1935 – October 31, 2020) was a co-founder and long-time executive editor[1] of independent publishing house Grove Atlantic.[2]

Joan Bingham
Born
Joan Williamson Stevens

(1935-03-05)March 5, 1935
Steubenville, Ohio
DiedOctober 31, 2020(2020-10-31) (aged 85)
Manhattan, New York City
EducationConnecticut College
ChildrenRobert Worth Bingham IV (died in 1999), Clara Bingham
Parents
  • Edward Williamson Stevens (father)
  • Helen Williamson Stevens (mother)

Biography

Bingham was born in Steubenville, Ohio to Edward and Helen Williamson Stevens. Her father was the chief executive of United Oil Company in Pittsburgh. Bingham graduated in art history from Connecticut College in 1957 and received a master's in European history from Georgetown University in the 1980s.[3][4]

Bingham married Robert Worth Bingham III in 1960. Robert died in a freak accident in 1966.[3]

She was briefly married to George Packard in the late 1970s. James Chace was a long time companion of Bingham.

Bingham helped found the Grove Atlantic in 1993 and was instrumental in acquiring and publishing writers including Kiran Desai and Kay Ryan.[3] Former colleague Juliet Nicolson described her as "an indefatigable champion for her authors".[5]

Her son Robert died from a drug overdose in 1999.[3]

She died in Manhattan from pneumonia.[3]

References
  1. "Staff". Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  2. "Grove Atlantic has lost one of its co-founders". groveatlantic.com. November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  3. Genzlinger, Neil (November 2, 2020). "Joan Bingham, Catalyst in a Publishing Merger, Dies at 85". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  4. Hagerty, James R. (November 13, 2020). "Joan Bingham Helped Create Grove Atlantic Publishing House". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  5. "Remembering Joan Bingham". Literary Hub. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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