George Weidenfeld

Standard Name: Weidenfeld, George

Connections

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Employer Antonia Fraser
Her first job after getting her BA was in publishing: as an editor, foreign languages editor, publicity director, and jack of all trades with Weidenfeld and Nicolson .
Wroe, Nicholas. “The history woman”. The Guardian, pp. 16-19.
18
She got the job through personal...
Friends, Associates Antonia Fraser
George Weidenfeld , an early publisher of her work, was her oldest adult friend.
Fraser, Antonia. Must You Go?. Random House of Canada.
25
Publishing Antonia Fraser
She had floated the idea of writing a study of women in the seventeenth century in September 1979, and publishers George Weidenfeld and Bob Gottlieb both seem[ed] keen.
Fraser, Antonia. Must You Go?. Random House of Canada.
108-9
She dedicated it to her...
Reception Olivia Manning
She enjoyed the fact that alphabetical order placed her next in the queue of award-winners to the tv comics Morecambe and Wise. Lord Weidenfeld , who had recently become her publisher, gave a large party...

Timeline

1949: George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded...

Writing climate item

1949

George Weidenfeld and Nigel Nicolson founded Weidenfeld and Nicolson in London.

1957: A new recruit at publishing firm Weidenfeld...

Writing climate item

1957

A new recruit at publishing firm Weidenfeld and Nicolson was told that this was an enterprise run by George Weidenfeld , not by committee, and that its mission was to open a window to Europe...

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