Edward Augustus Weeks Jr. (February 19, 1898 – March 11, 1989) was an American writer, essayist, and editor of ''
The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 185 ...
''. He died in 1989 at the age of 91.
Weeks was born in
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth is a City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Union County, New Jersey, Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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''.
Weeks' higher education was interrupted when he volunteered for service during World War I. He won the
Croix de Guerre
The (, ''Cross of War'') is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross medal on two crossed swords, hanging from a ribbon with various degree pins. The decoration was first awarded during World ...
for his work driving an ambulance for the American Field Service.
Weeks wrote for, and was the host of, ''Meet Mr. Weeks'', a literary talk radio program on the
Blue Network
The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) was the on-air name of a now defunct American Commercial broadcasting, radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945.
Beginning as one of the two radio networks owned by the ...
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.
Weeks had two brothers. His first wife was Frederica Watriss, who died in 1970. They had a son and a daughter. He married Phoebe-Lou Adams in 1971, and they remained wed until his death. On March 11, 1989, Weeks died in his sleep at his home in Thompson, Connecticut.