Harold Ober (1881–1959) was an American literary agent.
In 1907 — two years after graduating from Harvard with a degree in literature — Harold Ober became a literary agent at the Paul R. Reynolds Literary Agency. By 1908 he was representing such authors as Jack London and H. G. Wells. In 1929, he opened his own agency, Harold Ober Associates, — representing authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Philip Wylie, Pearl Buck and Walter D. Edmonds and J. D. Salinger.
["Facts about Harold Ober." F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary. University of South Carolin]
Although abandoning his contract with the publishers Little, Brown, Inc., Salinger employed and entrusted Ober's agency until his death in 2010. Harold Ober died in 1959.
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Harold Ober Associates websiteFinding aid to Harold Ober Associates letters at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
1881 births
1959 deaths
Literary agents
Harvard University alumni
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