John Donatich

John Donatich is the Director of Yale University Press.

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Early life

He received a BA from New York University in 1982, graduating magna cum laude. He also got a master's degree from NYU in 1984, graduating summa cum laude.[1]

Career

Donatich worked as director of National Accounts at Putnam Publishing Group from 1989 to 1992.[1]

He then worked at HarperCollins from 1992 to 1996, serving as director of national accounts and then as vice president and director of product and marketing development.[1]

From 1997 to 2003, Donatich served as publisher and vice president of Basic Books. While there, he started the Art of Mentoring series of books,[1] which would run from 2001 to 2006.

In 2003, Donatich became the director of the Yale University Press.[1] In 2009, he was involved in the decision to expunge the Muhammad cartoons from the Yale University Press book The Cartoons that Shook the World for fear of Muslim violence.[2][3][4]

Books

Articles

Personal life

Donatich is married to Betsy Lerner, a literary agent and author; together they have a daughter, Raffaella.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Former Basic Books publisher takes the helm at Yale Press, Yale Bulletin & Calendar, January 17, 2003
  2. ^ Villain or Fall Guy? Yale and the Case of the Missing Cartoons, Roger Kimball, Pajamas Media, August 14th, 2009
  3. ^ Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book, Patricia Cohen, The New York Times, August 13, 2009
  4. ^ Yale Press panned for nixing cartoons of Muhammad, Esther Zuckerman, Yale Daily News', August 16, 2009