{"id":292996,"date":"2013-02-11T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2013\/02\/11\/mark-linz-obituary\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:04:13","slug":"mark-linz-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2013\/02\/11\/mark-linz-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Linz Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure what’s sadder, the fact that Mark Linz—former director of American University of Cairo Press and all around great guy—recently passed away, or this obituary from PW<\/em><\/a> (reprinted here in full with no permission, since the “fair use” rule would limit me to probably 5 words):<\/p>\n

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Werner Mark Linz, founder of Continuum and director of American University in Cairo Press for more than 25 years, died February 9. Linz also held positions with McGraw-Hill and Seabury Press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Thankfully, AUC<\/span> Press has a bit more:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Already a successful New York publisher, Mark arrived in Cairo in 1983 to lead the AUC<\/span> Press into a period of growth and transformation. He left in 1986 but returned in 1995 to continue to develop the Press into the largest English-language publishing house in the Middle East, with an international reach and reputation, until his retirement at the end of 2011.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And this interview is pretty great:<\/p>\n