- John Calder
John Calder (born 1927) is a Canadian and Scottish
publisher who foundedCalder Publishing in 1949.Biography
John Calder was a friend of
Samuel Beckett , and was responsible for initially publishing 85% of the Beckett available today. During the 1950s, he published the translated work ofChekhov ,Tolstoy ,Dostoevsky ,Goethe and Zola, including most of the work ofApril FitzLyon , and was the first publisher to makeWilliam S. Burroughs available in theUnited Kingdom . He was also responsible for a Writer's festival and conference inEdinburgh in the 1950s, uniting writers from all over the world. From 1963 to 1975, Calder was in partnership withMarion Boyars , and the company was known as Calder and Boyars. [ [http://www.calderpublications.com/aboutus.html John Calder Publishing] website]The imprint continues to publish
Howard Barker ,Tim Waterstone , and other figures of literature both past and present. In 2002, John Calder opened the Calder Bookshop inLondon . In 2006,Lou MacLoughlan andLouise Milne produced the documentary "John Calder: A Life in Publishing" commemorating his life.In April 2007 it was announced that John Calder is passing the business on to Alma Books/Oneworld Classics; the list will retain his name, [Joel Rickett [http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2062196,00.html "The bookseller",] "The Guardian", 21 April 2007. Retrieved on 1 July 2007.] although the rights to the non-theatrical work of Beckett have been acquired by Faber.
References
External links
* [http://www.calderpublications.com Calder Publications]
* [http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/calder.html Calder and Boyars Manuscripts] - Lilly Library Manuscript Collections, Indiana University
*Louise Jury [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts/books/news/article2377704.ece "Publish and be damned: A defender of free speech",] - a profile of John Calder, "The Independent on Sunday", 21 March 2007
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