Ion Trewin
British editor, publisher and author
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Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin (13 July 1943 – 8 April 2015) was a British editor, publisher and author.
13 July 1943
Ion Trewin | |
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| Born | Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin 13 July 1943 London, England |
| Died | 8 April 2015 (aged 71) |
| Education | Highgate School |
| Occupations | Editor, Publisher and author |
| Parent(s) | J. C. Trewin and Wendy Trewin |
Biography
Born in London, the son of J. C. Trewin and Wendy Trewin (née Monk), Ion Trewin was educated at Highgate School.[1] He was the literary editor of The Times from 1972 to 1979 and then became an editor with Hodder & Stoughton (for whom he published Thomas Keneally's Schindler's Ark in 1982) until 1992 and Orion Publishing Group to 2006. Trewin was said to have "an unmatched reputation as a publisher of taste and acumen".[1]
He was director of the Man Booker Prize for a decade and was the biographer of the politician Alan Clark.[1][2][3][4][5] Trewin also edited the three volumes of Clark's diaries.
Trewin died of cancer at the age of 71.[1]