Gray Zeitz (born 1949 or 1950)
is an American publisher, known for founding the
Larkspur Press The Larkspur Press is a small letter-press publisher based in Monterey, Kentucky, United States, founded and operated by Gray Zeitz. They have published books by Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, James Baker Hall, Guy Davenport, Ed McClanahan
Edwar ...
.
His interest in printing started while he was studying at the
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
, and in 2013 the university held an event to celebrate his 40 years of work with the Larkspur Press.
In 2002 he won the Artist Award of the Kentucky Governor's Awards in the arts.
Early life
Zeitz was born in
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
and raised in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, and was estimated at 30,289 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2019, making it the 11th-largest city ...
. He has two children and five grandchildren.
References
External links
Larkspur Press website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American publishers (people)
People from Mobile, Alabama
People from Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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