| Peter OwenOBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Offenstadt (1927-02-24)24 February 1927 Nuremberg, Germany |
| Died | 31 May 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 89) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Publisher |
Peter Owen OBE (24 February 1927 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher, the founder of Peter Owen Publishers.
Biography
He was born Peter Offenstadt in Nuremberg in 1927, with rickets, the only child of a German Jewish couple. His mother was Winifred Offenstadt.
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.
In 1948, at the age of 21, Owen went into partnership with Neville Armstrong in a publishing enterprise called Peter Neville. This lasted until 1955. He went on to found Peter Owen Publishers in 1951.
He was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2014.
Owen's funeral instructions included, "no religious crap of any kind".
References
- Onwuemezi, Natasha. "Tributes paid to 'flamboyant' Peter Owen at memorial". The Bookseller. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Peter Owen | | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Campbell, Lisa (31 May 2016). "Peter Owen dies". The Bookseller. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- "Peter Owen, publisher – obituary". telegraph.co.uk. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- “MEET THE PUBLISHERS” in Colophon, Vol. 1, Issues 1-11 (1950), p. 34: “Peter Nevill was founded by two young men, Peter Owen and Neville Armstrong. The former, then twenty-one, and the youngest publisher in Britain...”
- Ian Miller, Other lives: Neville Armstrong, The Guardian, 26 September 2008, accessed 27 July 2021
- "Obituary: Peter Owen". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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