Peter Owen | |
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Born |
Peter Offenstadt 24 February 1927 Nuremberg, Germany |
Died | 31 May 2016 | (aged 89)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Publisher |
Peter Owen (24 February 1927 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher, the founder of Peter Owen Publishers.
He was born Peter Offenstadt in Nuremberg in 1927, with rickets, the only child of an Anglo-German Jewish couple. His mother was Winifred Offenstadt.
Owen's funeral instructions included, "no religious crap of any kind".