Diana Athill
(1917-2019), Writer and editorSitter in 2 portraits
Editor; Diana Athill met André Deutsch while she was working for the BBC during the War; she joined him as an editor at Allan Wingate in 1946 and in 1952 became an editor and director at André Deutsch Ltd. She was the author of a number of biographical works including Instead of a Letter(1963) and Stet (2000).
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, April 2000
NPG x88570
by Karen Robinson
C-type colour print, 27 October 2009
NPG x134325
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