--- title: "3 Robert Giroux Quotes - Famous Military officer (La chanson)" description: "Robert Giroux was an American book editor and publisher. Browse 3 Robert Giroux quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-giroux-79777.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Robert Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-giroux-79777.jpg) # Robert Giroux (1914–2008) Military Officer **3** quotes in **44** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Robert Giroux was a military officer, best known for *La chanson*. ## Quick Facts About Robert Giroux Born April 8, 1914 Died September 5, 2008 Profession Military Officer Notable works La chanson ## About Robert Giroux Robert Giroux was an American book editor and publisher. Starting his editing career with Harcourt, Brace & Co., he was hired away to work for Roger W. Straus, Jr. at Farrar & Straus in 1955, where he became a partner and, eventually, its chairman. The firm was henceforth known as Farrar, Straus and Giroux, where he was known by his nickname, "Bob". ## Quotes by Robert Giroux > [Frank Morley, who had worked in London at Faber and Faber, was the new head of Harcourt Brace, and he hired me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-giroux/frank-morley-who-had-worked-in-london-at-faber-and-faber-was-the-new/) Robert Giroux [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/robert-giroux-76811_acts_frank-morley-who-had-worked-in-london-at_637053.jpg) > [Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-giroux/many-poets-as-you-know-are-not-good-readers/) Robert Giroux [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/robert-giroux-76811_books_many-poets-as-you-know-are-not-good-read_1111075.jpg) > [Isaac Singer always wrote in Yiddish. He was so unsure of his English at the beginning that he was easy to edit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-giroux/isaac-singer-always-wrote-in-yiddish-he-was-so-unsure-of-his-english/) Robert Giroux [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44d/robert-giroux-76811_always_isaac-singer-always-wrote-in-yiddish-he_1394814.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-giroux/#itemlist", "name": "Robert Giroux Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Frank Morley, who had worked in London at Faber and Faber, was the new head of Harcourt Brace, and he hired me to start in 1940. The early years at Harcourt were wonderful. 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