multiple, contentious coiners?

[davemarc]

From: George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU>

> I recall a bickering session in, I think, the letters section of the
NYTimes book review between two novelists who both claimed to have invented
the name "Genghis Kahn" (or perhaps "Cohen") for a character.  If there is
interest, I will try to dredge up details.  From the 1960s, probably.
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> GAT
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> George A. Thompson
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For what it's worth, the dispute was between Romain Gary and Thomas Pynchon,
in 1966.

Here's a copy of Pynchon's letter:
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_cohen.html

David