Martin Green (author)

Martin Green (born 10 July 1932) is an English-born writer, editor and publisher.

Background

Born in Stockport, England, Green was schooled at A. S. Neill's Summerhill, while his parents fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.Preston, Paul (2002) Doves of war: four women of Spain. Harper Collins, London, UK. ISBN 9780002556330. Green co-founded the literary periodical Nimbus(1951-58) with Tristram Hull and later worked as an editor at MacGibbon & Kee, where he published alongside Tim O'Keeffe,books like Nell Dunn's "Up the Junction"1963.They formed their own publishing house, Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, with the editor Brian Rooney. Here, Green collected and published Patrick Kavanagh following the suggestion of the painter Patrick Swift and the poet Anthony Cronin.^[1][2] Green also published books by Flann O'Brien, Hugh MacDiarmid, Francis Stuart, Colin MacInnes, Robert Graves, Frank Sargeson, Paul Potts and many other writers.^[3] While living in London with his wife, the artist Fiona Green, Thabo Mbeki & the (then banned) African National Congress held their meetings in their house in Fitzrovia.^[4]

Green published eight books of his own, as well as four plays, and contributions to numerous other publications including The Other Jerome K Jerome (1984) and Myles Away from Dublin (1985). He has six children and lives in Newlyn, Cornwall, with his cat Nefertiti.

References

1. ^ Partick kavanagh (1964) Collected Poems Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London see Author's Note 1964
2. ^ Martin Green in a letter to The Guardian, 2005
3. ^ sources ISBN 0 85616 220 5
4. ^ "Characters of Fitzrovia" Mike Pentelow & Marsha Rowe Chatto & Windus 2001

External links

• Works by or about Martin Green (author) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Patrick Kavanagh Notes (the first Collection of Kavanagh's poems which Martin Green put together) [1]
• Information on Kavanagh [2]
• Letter in The Guardian 2005-01-08 [3]

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