André Deutsch

André German (* November 15, 1917 in Budapest, † 11 April 2000 ) was an English publisher of Hungarian origin.

Life

German learned his profession in the publishing Aldor Publications in London. Together with Francis Aldor, the owner of this publishing house, he was interned after the beginning of World War II on the Isle of Man.

German made ​​the acquaintance with Ivor Nicholson and Watson and Bernard moved for a short period of Aldor Publications for their publishing Nicholson & Watson. When, after the war, a collaboration with George Weidenfeld did not materialize, German founded around 1948 the publisher Allan Wingate. This lasted until 1952 and then went to the publisher André Ltd. German. on.

This publisher existed as an independent company until the 1980s and was - compared to other publishing houses - relatively small, but quite influential. German moved, inter alia, Authors such as Margaret Atwood, Helene Hanff, Jack Kerouac, Earl Lovelace, Norman Mailer, VS Naipaul, Ogden Nash, Andrew Robinson, Philip Roth, Art Spiegelman, John Updike and Charles Gidley Wheeler.

With over 83 years German André died on 11 April 2000 in London and found his final resting place.

Today, the publisher André Ltd. is German. a part ( imprint ) of Carlton Publishing Group.