▰ Benjamin Selfon Died March 15, … More Information |
Benjamin Selfon, of District of Columbia, born in Rockville, Maryland, entered Heaven's gates on March 15, 1996. Benjamin was 83. Obituary published: March 16, 1996 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Rallie Sr Self Died June 12, … More Information |
Rallie Sr Self, of District of Columbia, born in Edgefield Co, South Carolina, entered the Kingdom of Heaven June 12, 2003. Obituary published: June 13, 2003 in "Augusta Ch (GA)" |
▰ Carolyn (Davis) Self Died July 23, … More Information |
Carolyn (Davis) Self went into the presence of the Lord on July 23, 2008 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: July 24, 2008 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ John Seleski Died March 05, … More Information |
John Seleski went into the presence of the Lord on March 5, 2001 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: March 06, 2001 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ William E Seldon Died April 21, … More Information |
William E Seldon passed away April 21, 2009 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: April 22, 2009 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Reginald Seldon Died October 10, … More Information |
Reginald Seldon passed away October 10, 2000 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: October 11, 2000 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ John H Seldon Died January 21, … More Information |
John H Seldon passed away January 21, 1997 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: January 22, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Timothy Seldes Died December 04, … More Information |
Timothy Seldes, born December 16, 1926 entered into eternal rest December 4, 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia. Timothy was 88.
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Obituary: Timothy Seldes, who had a long career as an editor and literary agent in New York and whose clients included such well-regarded writers as Peter Taylor, Anne Tyler and Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer, died Dec. 5 at his home in Washington. He was 88. He had complications from pneumonia, said his stepdaughter, Elizabeth Shreve. Mr. Seldes (pronounced SELL-dess) came from a distinguished literary and artistic family and began his six-decade career as a bookstore clerk before working as an editor at several publishing houses. In 1972, he bought one of New Yorks most prestigious literary agencies, Russell & Volkening, which was founded in 1940 by Diarmuid Russell and Henry Volkening. Over the next 40 years, Mr. Seldes kept the agencys original name, even though he was its principal agent and sole owner. He specialized in high-end fiction and literary nonfiction, acquiring many books that became bestsellers and canonical works of literature. Among the writers Mr. Seldes inherited from Russell and Volkening were novelists Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud and Eudora Welty, historian Barbara Tuchman and journalist George Plimpton. His other clients included Gordimer, the South African writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991; Taylor, whose 1986 novel A Summons to Memphis won the Pulitzer Prize; Tyler, the Baltimore novelist who won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons; Annie Dillard, whose 1974 book about nature in southwestern Virginia, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction; and newscaster Jim Lehrer, the author of more than 20 novels and other books. In many ways, Mr. Seldes embodied the tweedy, gentlemanly traditions of the literary life. He worked from a book-lined brownstone in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, cultivating his clientele through long lunches at private clubs and his almost curatorial way of matching writers to editors. Everybody responded to Tims manner, his warmth, his generosity, Stephen Goodwin, a novelist and George Mason University professor who had worked with Mr. Seldes since 1972, said in an interview. He did care enormously about making the right connections. I think he thought of them not just as literary connections but as personal connections. Mr. Seldes knew that writers were often uncomfortable with the business end of publishing. When it came time to negotiate contracts, Goodwin recalled, Mr. Seldes would say with a flourish, And now, we extract the cash. Timothy Seldes was born Dec.?16, 1926, in New York. His father, Gilbert Seldes, was a writer and literary critic whose 1924 book, The 7 Lively Arts, was one of the first critical studies praising jazz, cartoons and other forms of popular culture. An uncle, George Seldes, was a muckraking journalist and commentator. Mr. Seldess sister, Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes, died in 2014. graduating in 1944 from the private Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Mr. Seldes served in the Navy during World War II. He was a 1951 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles. His first job in publishing came as a clerk at the old Doubleday bookstore in Manhattan. He then became an editor at Doubleday, Macmillan and Harcourt Brace and edited several books by best-selling science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Before becoming a literary agent, Mr. Seldes was briefly an assistant publisher of the New York Post newspaper but was fired by its owner - his aunt, Dorothy Schiff. Mr. Seldes settled in Washington in 1987, the year he married one of his clients, novelist Susan Richards Shreve. He continued to commute each week to New York for the next 25 years. His first wife, Karen Rye Seldes, died in 1957. His second marriage, to the former Aileen Lee Patterson, ended in divorce. In addition to his wife, survivors include two children from his second marriage, Gilbert Seldes of New York and Elisabeth Seldes of Los Angeles; four stepchildren, Porter Shreve of Albany, Calif., and Elizabeth Shreve, Caleb Shreve and Kate Shreve, all of Washington; and 10 grandchildren. Mr. Seldes operated his literary agency until 2012, when he sold it to Lippincott Massie McQuilkin. Aspiring writers often asked Mr. Seldes how to go about finding an agent. Call up the publisher of an author you resonate with and ask for the agents name, he told the Solares Hill newspaper of Key West, Fla., in 2006. But what if the publisher won reveal the information? Say you want to buy the movie rights, Mr. Seldes said, and theyll tell you. |
▰ Timothy Seldes Died December 04, … More Information |
Timothy Seldes, born December 16, 1926 entered eternal life December 4, 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia. Timothy was 88.
Family members and close friends: , Faye Moskowitz |
▰ Frances Mathews Selden Died July 09, … More Information |
Frances Mathews Selden, age 105 of Washington, District of Columbia, passed from this world into the next July 9, 2019. Obituary published: July 10, 2019 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ David Dr Selby Died August 19, … More Information |
David Dr Selby, age 78 of Washington, District of Columbia, went to be with his Lord and Savior August 19, 2017. Obituary published: August 20, 2017 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Richard O Selapack Died May 05, … More Information |
Richard O Selapack, of District of Columbia, born in Beaverdale, Pennsylvania, entered the Kingdom of Heaven May 5, 2008. Richard was 84. Obituary published: May 06, 2008 in "Johnstown T-D (PA)" |
▰ Susan L Seladones Died July 17, … More Information |
Susan L Seladones passed away peacefully July 17, 2002, at her home in Washington, District of Columbia. She was 45. Obituary published: July 18, 2002 in "Harrisburg P-N (PA)" |
▰ F Eugene Seitz Died August 26, … More Information |
F Eugene Seitz went into the presence of the Lord on August 26, 2008 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: August 27, 2008 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Dorothy R Seitz Died September 16, … More Information |
Dorothy R Seitz went into the presence of the Lord on September 16, 1997 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: September 17, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ John R Sr Seifert Died November 08, … More Information |
John R Sr Seifert went into the presence of the Lord on November 8, 2000 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: November 09, 2000 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Helen Ruth Seifert Died August 16, … More Information |
Helen Ruth Seifert went into the presence of the Lord on August 16, 2000 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: August 17, 2000 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Charles William Seifert Died January 04, … More Information |
Charles William Seifert, age 44 of Washington, District of Columbia, passed from this life on January 4, 1996. Obituary published: January 05, 1996 in "Wash DC Blade" |
▰ Geraldine (Parker) Seidel Died June 09, … More Information |
Geraldine (Parker) Seidel, age 92 of District of Columbia, born in New York, entered the Kingdom of Heaven June 9, 2018. Obituary published: June 10, 2018 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Concepcion Segura Died February 16, … More Information |
Concepcion Segura, born August 6, 1929 went to be with the Lord on February 16, 2021 in Washington, District of Columbia. Concepcion was 91.
Family members and close friends: , MarÃa Cecilia Segura, Thomas Yerg |
▰ Emmie (Viebahn) Seggel Died October 14, … More Information |
Emmie (Viebahn) Seggel left this earth on October 14, 2002 to meet with Jesus, her Lord and Savior in District of Columbia. Obituary published: October 15, 2002 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Edna Mae Segers Died May 06, … More Information | Edna Mae Segers, born February 10, 1928 peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord May 6, 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia. Edna was 87. |
▰ Marvin Guy Seger Died June 02, … More Information |
Marvin Guy Seger, 81, of Washington, District of Columbia departed this life June 2, 2009. Obituary published: June 03, 2009 in "Md Indep (MD)" |
▰ Cartha C (Grove) Seger Died March 11, … More Information |
Cartha C (Grove) Seger, age 89 of District of Columbia, born in Waldorf, Maryland, died on March 11, 1999. Obituary published: March 12, 1999 in "Md Indep (MD)" |
▰ Julia (Segall) Segall-Derfler Died November 22, … More Information |
Julia (Segall) Segall-Derfler, of Washington, District of Columbia, passed from this world into the next November 22, 2007. Julia was 24. Obituary published: November 23, 2007 in "Ann Arbor News (MI)" |
▰ Jo-Ann B Segall Died July 05, … More Information |
Jo-Ann B Segall, of District of Columbia, born in Des Moines, Iowa, entered into eternal rest July 5, 2003. Jo-Ann was 78. Obituary published: July 06, 2003 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Joseph Aaron Segal Died February 21, … More Information |
Joseph Aaron Segal, age 86 of District of Columbia, departed this life Sunday February 21, 1996. Obituary published: February 22, 1996 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Joseph Segal Died December 20, … More Information |
Joseph Segal, age 61 of District of Columbia, passed from this world into the next December 20, 2000. Obituary published: December 21, 2000 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Anne (Kogan) Segal Died June 30, … More Information |
Anne (Kogan) Segal left this earth on June 30, 2001 to meet with Jesus, her Lord and Savior in District of Columbia. Obituary published: July 01, 2001 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Leonidas C Seferlis Died November 04, … More Information |
Leonidas C Seferlis, of Washington, District of Columbia, gained his wings on November 4, 2009. Leonidas was 42. Obituary published: November 05, 2009 in "Lincoln CN (ME)" |
▰ Constantine Leonidas Seferlis Died April 05, … More Information |
Constantine Leonidas Seferlis, of District of Columbia, ascended to heaven into the loving arms of all whom have gone before Constantine April 5, 2005. Constantine was 76. Obituary published: April 06, 2005 in "San Jose M-N (CA)" |
▰ Wesley James Seevers Died October 19, … More Information |
Wesley James Seevers, age 18 of District of Columbia, born in Pennsylvania, ascended to heaven into the loving arms of all whom have gone before Wesley October 19, 2011. Obituary published: October 20, 2011 in "County Times (MD)" |
▰ Wesley James Seevers Died October 18, … More Information |
Wesley James Seevers, age 18 of District of Columbia, born in Pennsylvania, entered into eternal rest October 18, 2011. Obituary published: October 19, 2011 in "LP Enterprise (MD)" |
▰ Charles Raymond Seetin Died January 27, … More Information |
Charles Raymond Seetin passed away January 27, 1999 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: January 28, 1999 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Nadine Seeney Died September 12, … More Information | Nadine Seeney, born March 29, 1960 was anxious to meet her Maker and Master September 12, 2016 in Washington, District of Columbia. Nadine was 56. |
▰ Marjorie C Seeney Died September 14, … More Information |
Marjorie C Seeney passed away September 14, 2009 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: September 15, 2009 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Nina Ruth (Ballard) Seenath Died June 27, … More Information |
Nina Ruth (Ballard) Seenath, 43, of District of Columbia gained her wings on June 27, 1999. Obituary published: June 28, 1999 in "PWJ (VA)" |
▰ Mary Louise (Thompson) Seely Died May 24, … More Information |
Mary Louise (Thompson) Seely, of Washington, District of Columbia, went into the presence of the Lord on May 24, 2000. Mary was 85. Obituary published: May 25, 2000 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ James Grove Seely Died September 12, … More Information |
James Grove Seely, age 89 of District of Columbia, born in Atlanta, Georgia, entered eternal life September 12, 1997. Obituary published: September 13, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Margaret Joan (Seaton) Seeley Died March 09, … More Information |
Margaret Joan (Seaton) Seeley, of District of Columbia, died on March 9, 2009. Margaret was 78. Obituary published: March 10, 2009 in "Md Indep (MD)" |
▰ Margaret Joan (Seaton) Seeley Died March 09, … More Information |
Margaret Joan (Seaton) Seeley, of District of Columbia, peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord March 9, 2010. Margaret was 78. Obituary published: March 10, 2010 in "LP Enterprise (MD)" |
▰ Pearl Evan Seel Died March 27, … More Information |
Pearl Evan Seel left this earth on March 27, 1997 to meet with Jesus, her Lord and Savior in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: March 28, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Shirley E Seegars Died May 01, … More Information |
Shirley E Seegars went into the presence of the Lord on May 1, 2008 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: May 02, 2008 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Timothy Metz Seebach Died March 13, … More Information |
Timothy Metz Seebach, of Washington, District of Columbia, entered Heaven's gates on March 13, 1997. Timothy was 67. Obituary published: March 14, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Timothy Metz Seebach Died March 14, … More Information |
Timothy Metz Seebach, of District of Columbia, born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, ascended to heaven into the loving arms of all whom have gone before Timothy March 14, 1997. Timothy was 67. Obituary published: March 15, 1997 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Mary J Sedor Died April 07, … More Information |
Mary J Sedor went into the presence of the Lord on April 7, 1996 in District of Columbia. Obituary published: April 08, 1996 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Kate Watt Sedgwick Died November 12, … More Information |
Kate Watt Sedgwick, born March 26, 1950 gained her wings on November 12, 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia. Kate was 68.
Family members and close friends: , Artthur Mboue, Viera Cengelova, Madeleine Ioannou, Arthur Mboue, Maria Skiotis |
▰ Fannie P Sedgwick Died March 07, … More Information |
Fannie P Sedgwick, of Washington, District of Columbia, passed from this life on March 7, 1998. Fannie was 66. Obituary published: March 08, 1998 in "NY Times (NY)" |
▰ Kate Watt Sedgewick Died November 16, … More Information |
Kate Watt Sedgewick, of District of Columbia, born in Tennessee, gained her wings on November 16, 2018. Obituary published: November 17, 2018 in "Wash DC Post" |
▰ Charles Ellis Jr Secrist Died May 02, … More Information |
Charles Ellis Jr Secrist died unexpectedly on May 2, 2002 at the age of 65 in Washington, District of Columbia. Obituary published: May 03, 2002 in "Md Indep (MD)" |
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