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Founder of Secker & Warburg, publisher of George Orwell. Fredric John Warburg (27 November 1898 – 25 May 1981) was a British publisher, who in 1935 founded the company Secker & Warburg. He is best known for his association with the author George Orwell. [1] During a career spanning a large part of the 20th century and ending in 1971, Warburg ...
The libel report for Secker & Warburg, compiled after Orwell's death, judged that well over thirty paragraphs were defamatory. [27] Sonia Orwell and Warburg both wanted to publish Such, Such Were the Joys immediately after Orwell's death, but Sir Richard Rees, who was Orwell's literary executor violently disagreed.
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Country of origin. United Kingdom. Headquarters location. London. Publication types. Book. Official website. www .vintage-books .co .uk /about-us /harvill-secker. Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.
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May 28, 1981 · Fredric Warburg, the British publisher who backed George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' when other publishing houses rejected it, has died in University College Hospital at the age of 82, his family...
4 days ago · British publishing company, founded in 1935 when Warburg and Roger Senhouse (1900–1970) purchased the firm of Martin Secker (1882–1978). It published the work of George Orwell, Simone de Beauvoir, Günter ...
Mar 1, 2008 · Book Review: Power players: The Life and Death of the Press Barons, by Piers Brendon (Secker and Warburg 1982, pp288, £12.50)
