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311:, North-West London), produced three sons: David (22 August 1923–10 November 1987), Hew Francis (8 April 1925–10 April 1983) and Jeremy Fredric (14 October 1928–9 June 1986). The marriage ended in divorce in 1932, and on 21 January 1933 Warburg married the painter and designer Pamela Bryer (née de Bayou, widowed) (20 March 1905–1978). They had a son who died of a brain haemorrhage within 24 hours of his birth, on 13 March 1933. 498:
In 1952 Warburg became a member of the committee of the Society for Cultural Freedom (SCF), an organisation established, in the words of Warburg's friend T. R. Fyvel, to "promote western culture and defend it against the Communist culture of the East". The SCF produced a cultural magazine,
33: 341:, a man he regarded as "the greatest scholar-publisher of his day". After Stallybrass died in 1931, Warburg became increasingly dissatisfied with Routledge and in 1935 he was dismissed. Later that year, he and 289:. He recalled his first two years there as "among the most hateful of my life". While he excelled academically, as a Jew he often felt an outsider. He found refuge and solace in his love of books. 990: 236:
into more than 16 different languages, and for British embassies to disseminate the book in more than 14 countries for propaganda purposes. Warburg was also involved in the sale of the
960: 419:(1938). The firm published all of Orwell's books from then on, and he and Warburg became intimate friends. In 1940, Warburg introduced Orwell to another of his firm's authors, 440:, and argued that Britain's desire to abolish slavery was economical, not humanitarian, in nature), saying that "such a book... would be contrary to the British tradition". 945: 970: 930: 925: 219: 891: 975: 940: 505:, which received sustained criticism in the 1960s when it emerged that much of the money used to produce the magazine had come directly from the 778: 950: 196: 671: 935: 676: 980: 886: 808: 443:
With its financial position devastated by paper shortages during and after the war, Secker & Warburg was forced to join the
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At the age of nine, Fredric Warburg was sent to Wilkinson's boys' preparatory school. He later won a scholarship to
434:(1911–1981), Warburg refused to publish his doctoral thesis (completed in 1938, which became the basis of his book 162: 475:. In 1961, Warburg was made a director of the Heinemann group, a post he retained until his retirement in 1971. 266:, London, to John Cimon Warburg (1867, London – 1931, London), a photographer, and his wife Violet Amalia (1868, 447:
publishing group in 1952. During the 1950s and 1960s, Secker & Warburg published books by authors including
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Sichel), both of Jewish descent. John Cimon was the oldest son of Fredric Elias Warburg (1832,
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as "the record of a vocation rather than the story of it author's intimate life") and
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The firm became renowned for its independent left-wing position, being both anti-
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Warburg's first marriage (5 July 1922), to May Nellie Holt (born 20 May 1902,
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In 1954, Secker & Warburg was prosecuted for obscenity after publishing
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area until the end of the war. After the war he began studying chemistry at
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All Authors Are Equal: The Publishing Life of Fredric Warburg, 1936–1971
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In summer 1917, Warburg was commissioned to serve as an officer in the
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Warburg started his publishing career in 1922, as an apprentice at
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During the Second World War, Warburg served as a corporal in the
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Warburg is an important figure in the history and study of
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Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture and the Cold War
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Across the Block: Cold War Cultural and Social History
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Across the Block: Cold War Cultural and Social History
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Neilson, David; Peters, Michael A. (15 April 2020).
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Principles 530:, was added as an appendix to later editions of 478:Warburg published two volumes of autobiography: 337:& Sons, where he came under the tutelage of 991:Military personnel from the City of Westminster 278:, Sweden – 1899, London) and Emma (1844–1925) ( 845:"Fredric Warburg Dies; Published Orwell Books" 961:People educated at Westminster School, London 8: 325:, London, on 25 May 1981, at the age of 82. 892:The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 708:, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 94. 218:, a secret propaganda wing of the British 31: 20: 900:"Warburg and the Making of George Orwell" 735: 572:"Warburg and the Making of George Orwell" 705:The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell 570:Lance Keeble, Richard (11 August 2020). 262:Warburg was born on 27 November 1898 in 16:British publisher and author (1898–1981) 562: 222:, which helped to increase the fame of 160:. Other notable publications included 946:British Army personnel of World War I 902:, The Orwell Society, 11 August 2020. 626:Mitter, Rana; Major, Patrick (2005). 611:Mitter, Rana; Major, Patrick (2005). 216:Information Research Department (IRD) 7: 971:Writers from the City of Westminster 931:20th-century British autobiographers 773:. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 269. 210:due to his work with Orwell's widow 197:The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 926:20th-century English businesspeople 887:"Warburg, Fredric John (1898–1981)" 672:"Orwell and the Spanish Revolution" 861:Cummins, Anthony (11 March 2010). 797:, London: Hutchinson, 1973, p. 71. 14: 724:Educational Philosophy and Theory 345:purchased the publishing firm of 321:Warburg died of heart failure at 246:Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 976:Publishers (people) from London 941:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 807:Allen, Walter (27 March 1960). 177:The Bridge over the River Kwai 1: 737:10.1080/00131857.2019.1595323 644:, London: Hutchinson, p. 30. 214:in a collaboration with the 951:British Home Guard soldiers 655:An Occupation for Gentlemen 642:An Occupation for Gentlemen 552:. London: Hutchinson, 1973. 544:An Occupation for Gentlemen 480:An Occupation for Gentlemen 323:University College Hospital 1007: 546:. London: Hutchinson, 1959 296:. He was stationed in the 936:20th-century English Jews 767:Levine, Philippa (2019). 640:Warburg, Fredric (1959), 596:Rubin, Andrew N. (2012). 30: 981:Royal Artillery officers 339:William Swan Stallybrass 677:International Socialism 518:, a novel by US writer 966:People from Paddington 956:Jewish British writers 898:Richard Lance Keeble, 720:"Capitalism's slavery" 437:Capitalism and Slavery 410:The Road to Wigan Pier 407:, over publication of 832:All Authors are Equal 795:All Authors Are Equal 488:All Authors are Equal 302:Christ Church, Oxford 96:Christ Church, Oxford 895:, 23 September 2004. 702:Rodden, John (ed.), 680:(62). 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Index


Paddington
Westminster School
Christ Church, Oxford
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg
George Orwell
Animal Farm
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Thomas Mann
Franz Kafka
The Third Eye
Lobsang Rampa
Pierre Boulle
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
William Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Cold War
propaganda
Sonia Orwell
Information Research Department (IRD)
Foreign Office
Nineteen Eighty-Four
film rights
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Animal Farm

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