Secker & Warburg
Secker & Warburg is a British book publisher . It was created in 1936 through the acquisition of the insolvent publisher of Martin Secker by Fredric Warburg and Roger Senhouse .
The publisher's political stance was both anti-fascist and anti-communist . One of the most famous authors of the publishing house since 1938 was George Orwell ; other authors of the publisher and the brand were among others Simone de Beauvoir , Colette , JM Coetzee , Alberto Moravia , Günter Grass , Angus Wilson , Melvyn Bragg , Julian Gloag , Christy Brown and the British Buddhist Lobsang Rampa .
After miscalculations, Secker & Warburg was forced to join the Heinemann publishing house in 1951 . The name was retained as a brand. In 2017 it belongs to the media group Pearson .
Publications (selection)
- Howard Marks : Mr. Nice . New edition Secker & Warburg, London 1996, ISBN 0-436-20305-7 (autobiography)
- Louis de Bernières : The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts . Secker & Warburg, London 1990, ISBN 0-436-20003-1 .
- Victor Weisz : Vicky's world . Secker & Warburg, London 1959.
Web links
- Description of the publisher at biblio.com (English)
Individual representations
- ↑ Dt. Ed .: Howard Marks: Mr. Nice . Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-67591-9
- ↑ Dt. Ed .: Louis de Bernières: The random war of Don Emmanuel. Novel . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2005, ISBN 3-596-16787-6 .