Peter Owen OBE (24 February 1927 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher, the founder of Peter Owen Publishers.[1][2][3]
Peter Owen
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| Born | Peter Offenstadt (1927-02-24)24 February 1927
Nuremberg, Germany
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| Died | 31 May 2016(2016-05-31) (aged 89)
London, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Known for | Founder of OBE |
He was born Peter OffenstadtinNuremberg 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]
In 1948, at the age of 21, Owen went into partnership with Neville Armstrong in a publishing enterprise called Peter Neville.[5] This lasted until 1955.[6] He went on to found Peter Owen Publishers in 1951.
He was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2014.[7]
Owen's funeral instructions included, "no religious crap of any kind".[2]
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