Robert Giroux was born on 8 April 1914 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Doña Carmen Natica de Arango y del Valle and Carmen de Arango. He died on 5 September 2008 in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, USA.
(in a 1981 lecture, commenting on how contemporary publishing had become too money-minded) Editors used to be known by their authors. Now, some of them are known by their restaurants.