Diana Athill

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Diana Athill (born December 21, 1917) is a British literary editor, who worked with some of the most important writers of the 20th century. Athill graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1939 and worked for the BBC throughout the Second World War. After it she helped André Deutsch establish his publishing company and worked closely with many of his authors, including Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, John Updike, Mordecai Richler, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Rhys, Gitta Sereny, Brian Moore, V.S. Naipaul. An intellectually vigorous and vibrant woman, she was remarkable for bringing out the best in some of the most difficult and contentious writers. She retired in 1993 at the age of 75, after more than 50 years in publishing. She continues to be an influence in the publishing world through her revealing memoirs about her editorial career.

[edit] Selected bibliography

Fiction

• An Unavoidable Delay (1962) -short stories.
• Don't Look at Me Like That

Autobiography

• Instead of a Letter (1963)
• After a Funeral (1987)
• Make Believe (1993)
• Stet (2000)

[edit] External links

• *"Editing Vidia" -full-text article in Granta, 2001, excerpt from "Stet".

• Profile which also reprints various articles from British and American publications.

• Further articles from the same website as above.

• Overview of published comments on Stet.