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

1. "Edward Weeks". The Atlantic.
2. Collins, Glenn (14 March 1989). "Edward A. Weeks, 91, an Editor Of The Atlantic Monthly, Is Dead". The New York Times.
3. "Meet Mr. Weeks Program Popular with Book Devotees". Sioux City Journal. December 31, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved January 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
4. 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. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
5. 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.