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Peter Owen (publisher)

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Peter Owen
Born
Peter Offenstadt

(1927-02-24)24 February 1927
Nuremberg, Germany
Died31 May 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 89)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPublisher

Peter Owen (24 February 1927 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher, the founder of Peter Owen Publishers.[1][2][3]

He was born Peter Offenstadt in Nuremberg in 1927, with rickets, the only child of an Anglo-German Jewish couple.[2][3] His mother was Winifred Offenstadt.[2]

Owen's funeral instructions included, "no religious crap of any kind".[2]

References

  1. ^ "Tributes paid to 'flamboyant' Peter Owen at memorial". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  2. ^ a b c d "Peter Owen | | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Peter Owen dies". The Bookseller. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-06-17.