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| ⚫ | '''Rex Collings''' (18 June 1925 – 23 May 1996) was an English publisher who specialized in books relating to [[Africa]] and [[children's books]]. He ensured the publication of [[Wole Soyinka]]'s plays, and was the first to publish ''[[Watership Down]]'' (1972) by [[Richard Adams]].<ref name=IndependentObit>[[Isabel Quigly]], [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-rex-collings-1335987.html "Obituary: Rex Colling"s], ''[[The Independent]]'', 7 June 1996.</ref> |
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Collings started at [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] before moving to [[Oxford University Press]], where he established the [[Three Crowns Series]] for books on African subjects. He then moved to [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]] before setting up his own publishing company, Rex Collings Ltd. He risked his own money in publishing ''Watership Down'', which around thirty publishers had turned down.<ref name="Harrow1997">{{cite book|author=James Currey|editor=Kenneth W. Harrow|title=With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IouwFbVrjPUC&pg=PA219|year=1997|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-0143-7|pages=219–221|chapter=Obituary: In Memoriam Rex Collings}}</ref> |
Collings started at [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] before moving to [[Oxford University Press]], where he established the [[Three Crowns Series]] for books on African subjects. He then moved to [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]] before setting up his own publishing company, Rex Collings Ltd. He risked his own money in publishing ''[[Watership Down]]'', which around thirty publishers had turned down.<ref name="Harrow1997">{{cite book|author=[[James Currey]]|editor=Kenneth W. Harrow|title=With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IouwFbVrjPUC&pg=PA219|year=1997|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-0143-7|pages=219–221|chapter=Obituary: In Memoriam Rex Collings}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 20 July 2022
Rex Collings (18 June 1925 – 23 May 1996) was an English publisher who specialized in books relating to Africa and children's books. He ensured the publication of Wole Soyinka's plays, and was the first to publish Watership Down (1972) by Richard Adams.[1]
Collings started at Penguin before moving to Oxford University Press, where he established the Three Crowns Series for books on African subjects. He then moved to Methuen before setting up his own publishing company, Rex Collings Ltd. He risked his own money in publishing Watership Down, which around thirty publishers had turned down.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Isabel Quigly, "Obituary: Rex Colling"s, The Independent, 7 June 1996.
- ^ James Currey (1997). "Obituary: In Memoriam Rex Collings". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 219–221. ISBN 90-420-0143-7.