Peter Owen (publisher)

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

Peter Owen
Born
Peter Offenstadt

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

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

He was sent to live with his grandmother in England at the age of five, later to be joined by his parents, who were reluctant to leave Germany.[4]

He was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2014.[5]

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. "Peter Owen | | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. "Peter Owen dies". The Bookseller. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  4. "Peter Owen, publisher – obituary". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
  5. "Obituary: Peter Owen". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2017-07-31.


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