Barney Rosset(1922-2012)

Writer
Producer
Actor

Barney Rosset was born on 28 May 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Shattered (2005), Strange Victory (1948) and The Hard-Boiled Egg (2006). He was married to Astrid Myers. He died on 21 February 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Shattered

Writer

2005

Strange Victory

7.4

Producer(as Barnett L. Rosset)

1948

The Hard-Boiled Egg

Short

Producer

2006

Maidstone

4.7

Actor

1970

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Writer

Shattered
- Writer
- 2005
Rosset/de Grazia: A Conversation
Video
- Writer
- 2002

Producer

Actor

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Alternative names
- Barnett L. Rosset
Born
- May 28, 1922
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- February 21, 2012
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(complications following heart surgery)
Spouse
- Astrid Myers? - February 21, 2012 (his death)
Publicity listings
- 2 Biographical Movies
- 4 Articles

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Trivia
Owner of avant-garde New York book publisher Grove Press from 1951 to 1985.

Quotes
I have only one superstition, and that's the number 33. 'Waiting for Godot' was number 33. One of my sons is named Beckett. There are many authors that I loved dearly, but if I have to single out one it's easy.