John Chipman Farrar (February 25, 1896 – November 5, 1974) was an American editor, writer, and publisher.
[3]: 127 In that year his book Forgotten Shrines was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize.
He spent several months in the Mediterranean, where, as the Allies advanced on Italy and North Africa, he took charge of Psychological Warfare in Algeria.
Also, he is considered to be influential in the successful establishment of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College in Middleburg, Vermont.
Farrar recommended Hunt for his "executive ability, a careful head and a sense of mission for the things we all believe in."