He ran the business from home, with a typewriter as his only equipment. Soon, however, the company started to flourish, enabling him to employ some staff - his first editor was Muriel Spark. He was able to bring some of the very best international literature to what was a very insular British market.
In the decades since then, although the industry has changed beyond recognition, Peter Owen Publishers continues the tradition of producing new and interesting writing. The company has published seven Nobel Prize winners, including Hermann Hesse, Octavio Paz and Isaac Bashevis Singer, and boasts a backlist that includes some of the most talented and important writers from all over the world.
In the decades since then, although the industry has changed beyond recognition, Peter Owen Publishers continues the tradition of producing new and interesting writing. The company has published seven Nobel Prize winners, including Hermann Hesse, Octavio Paz and Isaac Bashevis Singer, and boasts a backlist that includes some of the most talented and important writers from all over the world.
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Apollinaire in The Great War draws heavily on Guillaume Apollinaire's writings to tell the story of. Published in conjunction with the organization Dignity in Dying, this important new book provides a. The fascinating biography of an extraordinary woman that will be essential reading for anyone with a.
An in depth overview of the material covered in our new book by Dr Jim Walsh, Ethics Starts With You, followed by an extract from the 'Eyes' chapter. Set in North Africa, this short epistolary novel explores the themes of sexual perversion, racial antagonism, drug hallucination, superstition, justice and revenge.
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