Ion Trewin

Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin (13 July 1943 - 8 April 2015) was a British editor, publisher and author.

Trewin was educated at Highgate School. He was the literary editor of The Times from 1972-1979 and then with Hodder & Stoughton (for whom he published Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark) until 1992 and Orion Publishing Group to 2006. He was said to have 'an unmatched reputation as a publisher of taste and acumen'.[1]

He was director of the Man Booker Prize and the biographer of the politician Alan Clark.[1][2][3][4][5] Trewin also edited the three volumes of Clark's diaries.

References

  1. 1 2 Alastair Niven. "Ion Trewin obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. "Ion Trewin: Guiding hand behind lauded big-name biographies who became the literary director of the Man Booker prizes". The Independent. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. "Obituary: Ion Trewin, author and publisher". scotsman.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. "Death of Ion Trewin". thebookseller.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. "Man Booker Prize director Ion Trewin dies at 71". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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