JOLAS, Eugene

Born in New Jersey, Jolas grew up in Lorraine, France (near Germany), before returning to the United States in 1911. Back in Paris in the 1920s, he worked for newspapers and then edited transition (1927–38), which was the most distinguished avant-garde magazine of its time. It published not only episodes from James Joyce 's Finnegans Wake among other literature that was avant-garde at the time, but illustrations of advanced paintings and even, in a departure rarely imitated, scores by...