Tom Maschler

Tom Maschler
Born
Thomas Michael Maschler

16 August 1933
Berlin, Germany
Died15 October 2020 (age 87)
France
EducationLeighton Park School
OccupationBook publisher
Known forBooker Prize founder
Notable workPublisher (2005)
Spouses
(m. 1970; div. 1987)
Regina Kulinicz
(m. 1988; his death 2020)
Children3

Thomas Michael Maschler (16 August 1933 – 15 October 2020)[1][2][3] was a British publisher and writer. From 1960, he was influential as the head of publishing company Jonathan Cape over a period of more than three decades. Maschler was noted for instituting the Booker Prize for British, Irish and Commonwealth literature in 1969. He was involved in publishing the works of many notable authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller, Gabriel García Márquez, John Lennon, Ian McEwan, Bruce Chatwin and Salman Rushdie.

  1. ^ "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 16 August 2014. p. 49.
  2. ^ Thomson, Liz (16 October 2020). "Tom Maschler obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000381673