multiple, contentious coiners?
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed May 21 20:35:46 UTC 2003
At 3:06 PM -0400 5/21/03, davemarc wrote:
>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.
>>
>> GAT
>>
>> George A. Thompson
>>
>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
Great letter--and truly classic Pynchon. Thanks for posting it, and
thanks to George for inspiring it. (And to Genghis Khan, for
inspiring the whole thing.)
Larry
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