Tony Godwin

Tony Godwin

Anthony James Wylie "Tony" Godwin was a British publisher of the 1960s/1970s. His contribution to the publishing industry is recognized in the form of the Tony Godwin Memorial Trust.

He started the avant-garde bookshop "Better Books" in Charing Cross Road, where author Barry Miles worked. [ [http://mccartney.chat.ru/books/myfn/bmiles06.html "Many Years From Now". Barry Miles ] ] He also ran Bumpus Books and the City Bookshop in London.

In May 1960, Godwin was recruited to join the senior editorial group at Penguin Books and rose to Chief Editor. He sought to update editorial and design policies. With this aim in mind, he hired Germano Facetti in January 1961, who altered the Penguin brand. He also brought in another designer Alan Aldridge who pushed for a more radical transformation. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2134940.html Germano Facetti | Times Online Obituary ] ] Godwin established the Penguin Modern Classics subseries in 1961 and The English Library series in 1965. [ [http://content-backend-a.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt096n97b6&chunk.id=odd-1.3.4 Guide to the Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935-1965 ] ]

In 1967 Penguin's edition of acclaimed French cartoonist Siné's"Massacre" was published. It contained anti-clerical cartoons and Foyles refused to stock the book [ [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-miscellaneous/4649240-1.html The Penguin story—Pearson and the New World] ]

Tony Godwin had a brief transatlantic career in hardcovers [ [http://www.nysun.com/article/30416?page_no=2 The Culture That Gave Rise to Labour - April 5, 2006 - The New York Sun ] ] as aneditor at Weidenfeld & Nicolson Publishing.

Marriage

In 1961, Godwin married his second wife, Fay Godwin, who became a photographer.

Death

Godwin died suddenly in New York City in 1976, aged 56. Novelist John Berger said of Godwin, " [N] ow that he is dead I feel like an orphan." [ [http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/centres/sc/may1999.htm Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia ] ]

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