Calvin Fixx
| Calvin Fixx | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Calvin Henry Fix August 1, 1906 Lyman, Idaho |
| Died | March 3, 1950 (aged 43) Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | Editor, journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1926–1950 |
| Employer | Time, Life |
| Organization | Time, Inc. |
| Spouse(s) | Marlys Virginia Fuller Fixx (1906–2004) |
| Children | Jim Fixx (1932–1984) |
| Parent(s) | Henry Martin Fix (1883–1971), Maggie Priscilla Smith Fix (1888–1958) |
Calvin Fixx, born Calvin Henry Fix (August 1, 1906 – March 3, 1950), was a 20th-century American journalist and editor, lifelong friend of Robert Cantwell and friend of Whittaker Chambers, both fellow editors at TIME magazine. All three were either Marxist or Communist during the 1920s–1930s and then became Anti-Communist by 1939.
Calvin Fixx was born "Calvin Henry Fix" in Lyman, Idaho, on August 1, 1906, the son of Henry Martin Fix (1883–1971), Maggie Priscilla Smith Fix (1888–1958). He had two brothers, Ford and Harley, and a sister, Georgia.
He attended high school in Aberdeen, Washington, where he began a lifelong friendship with Robert Cantwell. He attended business school in Aberdeen briefly.
Cantwell and Fixx dreamed of "escaping to New York."
In 1927, Fixx hitchhiked cross-country to New York City. He took a part-time job in a Greenwich Village bookshop and wrote freelance book reviews. He took other jobs, such as secretary to author Lyle Saxon. At this time, he added a second "x" to his surname because, he said, "a verb cannot be a name." He began to act informally as Cantwell's agent and helped him publish his first major short story. In 1929, he encouraged Robert Cantwell to come, too, and they shared a flat in Greenwich Village."
In 1936, he joined TIME with Robert Cantwell, Robert Fitzgerald, and James Agee.
In early 1939, Fitzgerald resigned. In April 1939, Chambers was hired, and Fixx joined him in the Books section.
In October 1942, while working in the "Back of the Book" section with Chambers, Fixx suffered a "severe heart attack"; Time gave him a year's leave to recover. (Wilder Hobson succeeded Fixx as assistant editor of Books.) Chambers then suffered a heart attack a month later and also went on leave. (Allen Weinstein notes that the FBI had visited Chambers in May 1942 to question him about his Communist activities.)
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