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Sir Victor Gollancz: Quick Facts

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Born April 9, 1893 • London • England
Died February 8, 1967 (aged 73) • London • England
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British artist and author
William Caxton
William Caxton
English printer, translator, and publisher
British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
George Orwell, c. 1940
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British author
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Irish-born author and scholar
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
British writer
Illustration from Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest
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English author
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British author
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess
British author
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Sir Angus Wilson
British author
Evelyn Waugh, photograph by Mark Gerson, 1964.
Evelyn Waugh
English author
Rose Tremain
Rose Tremain
British author
Portrait of Alan Alexander Milne, circa 1920, wearing a light suit and bow tie, looking slightly to the side against a dark background.
A.A. Milne
British author
Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis
British author
H. Rider Haggard, caricature by “Spy” (pseudonym of Leslie Ward) for Vanity Fair, 1905.
Sir H. Rider Haggard
British author
Sillitoe, Alan
Alan Sillitoe
British writer