Diana Athill

Diana Athill
Born(1917-12-21)21 December 1917
Kensington, London, England
Died23 January 2019(2019-01-23) (aged 101)
London, England
OccupationLiterary editor, author, publisher
NationalityBritish
Alma materLady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
GenreNovels and memoirs
Notable worksAfter a Funeral, Somewhere Towards the End
Notable awardsOBE, PEN/Ackerley Prize, Costa Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award
RelativesPhilip Athill (nephew)
Diana Athill's voice
from the BBC programme Front Row, 26 April 2013.[1]

Diana Athill OBE (21 December 1917 – 23 January 2019) was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.[2]

  1. ^ "Diana Athill". Front Row. 26 April 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Athill, Diana (5 January 2008), "'Getting things right': Recalling her life as one of the 20th century's most acclaimed editors, Diana Athill, who has just turned 90, was a pioneer of the confessional memoir. Her new book is about ageing". The Guardian.