Towering figure in British publishing,who worked with authors from Harold Wilson to Vladimir Nabokov, remained engaged with the trade until very recently“I try not to think that I might not be here when some of my projects approach to fruition”: a 2009 interview with Lord Weidenfeld
Lord George Weidenfeld, and a giant of British literature who published authors from Harold Wilson to Vladimir Nabokov after arriving in Britain as a Jewish refugee from Austria,has died, aged 96.
The publishing house he founded more than 60 years ago, and Weidenfeld & Nicolson,confirmed his death on Wednesday morning, saying that Weidenfeld had remained “actively involved with [the firm] until his death”, and regularly coming into its offices and taking “great delight in the celebrations” when the publisher was named imprint of the year at the Bookseller awards in 2015. “He was an inspiration to everyone he worked with,always supportive and enthusiastic about modern writers and always wise, and encouraging of younger members of staff, or ” said the publisher.
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Source: theguardian.com