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Robert Duane Loomis (August 24, 1926 – April 19, 2020) was an American book editor who worked at Random House from 1957 until his retirement in 2011. He has been called "one of publishing's hall of fame editors." Loomis and author William Styron had known each other since they were both students at Duke University, where Loomis was Styron's editor at Duke's student magazine. Loomis went on to edit all of Styron's books except Lie Down in Darkness, his first novel.

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  • Robert Duane Loomis (August 24, 1926 – April 19, 2020) was an American book editor who worked at Random House from 1957 until his retirement in 2011. He has been called "one of publishing's hall of fame editors." Many of Loomis's authors had worked with him for decades, including Maya Angelou, who wrote 31 books under his editorship, beginning with her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). His authors' loyalty to him, and his to them, was almost legendary. Loomis represented "the classic mold of the editor" and according to Random House, he "embodied the ideal of an old-fashioned editor: understated, but uncanny; polite, but persistent". As Angelou said, Loomis "knows what I hope to achieve in all my work. I don't know anybody as fierce, simply fierce, but he's as tender as he's tough." He was well known as a mentor to editors and writers in all areas of the publishing industry. Other notable authors who have been edited by Loomis include Calvin Trillin, Edmund Morris (who wrote Dutch, the "controversial" biography of US President Ronald Reagan), Shelby Foote, Jonathan Harr, and anchorman Jim Lehrer. He edited the Vietnam war epic, A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and in 1998, the novel he edited for Pete Dexter, Paris Trout, earned the National Book Award, "an unprecedented feat in editing." Loomis and author William Styron had known each other since they were both students at Duke University, where Loomis was Styron's editor at Duke's student magazine. Loomis went on to edit all of Styron's books except Lie Down in Darkness, his first novel. (en)
  • Robert Loomis (lahir tahun 1926) adalah editor buku yang bekerja di Random House sejak tahun 1957 sampai denganto 2011. Dia dikenal dengan julukan "salah satu editor penerbitan terkenal." Banyak penulis yang bekerja sama dengan Loomis selama beberapa dasawarsa, antara lain Maya Angelou, yang menulis 31 buku di bwah suntingannya, mulai dari autobiografi pertamanya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Para penulis itu sangat setia kepadanya tersebab merupakan editor legendaris. Loomis mewakili "the classic mold of the editor" dan menurut Random House, dia adalah "wujud seorang editor kuno yang edeal; bersahaja tapi luar biasa, sopan namun gigih". Seperti dikatakan Angelou, Loomis "mengetahui apa yang saya ingin capai dalam karya-karya saya. Saya tidak mengetahui siapa yang garang, cukup garang, tapi dia lembut." Dia dikenal luas sebagai mentor bagi para editor dan penulis di industri penerbitan. Penulis lain yang tercatat pernah bekerja sama dengan Loomis yaitu , (penulis , biografi kontroversial tentang Presiden Amerika Serikat, Ronald Reagan), , , dan . Dia menyunting buku epik Perang Vietnam, , karya Neil Sheehan, yang memenangi penghargaan Pulitzer Prize dan , dan pada tahun 1998, dia mengedit novel karya , Paris Trout, memenangi penghargaan , "prestasi belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya dalam mengedit." Loomis dan penulis William Styron saling mengenal satu sama lain sejak mereka berdua di Duke University, di mana Loomis menjadi editor Styron di majalah Duke. Loomis mengedit buku-buku Styron kecuali , novel pertamanya. Loomis menikah dengan Hilary Mills, yang menulis sebuah biografi tentang Norman Mailer. Dia memiliki sertifikat pilot. (in)
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  • Robert Loomis (lahir tahun 1926) adalah editor buku yang bekerja di Random House sejak tahun 1957 sampai denganto 2011. Dia dikenal dengan julukan "salah satu editor penerbitan terkenal." Banyak penulis yang bekerja sama dengan Loomis selama beberapa dasawarsa, antara lain Maya Angelou, yang menulis 31 buku di bwah suntingannya, mulai dari autobiografi pertamanya, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Para penulis itu sangat setia kepadanya tersebab merupakan editor legendaris. Loomis mewakili "the classic mold of the editor" dan menurut Random House, dia adalah "wujud seorang editor kuno yang edeal; bersahaja tapi luar biasa, sopan namun gigih". Seperti dikatakan Angelou, Loomis "mengetahui apa yang saya ingin capai dalam karya-karya saya. Saya tidak mengetahui siapa yang garang, cukup (in)
  • Robert Duane Loomis (August 24, 1926 – April 19, 2020) was an American book editor who worked at Random House from 1957 until his retirement in 2011. He has been called "one of publishing's hall of fame editors." Loomis and author William Styron had known each other since they were both students at Duke University, where Loomis was Styron's editor at Duke's student magazine. Loomis went on to edit all of Styron's books except Lie Down in Darkness, his first novel. (en)
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