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DIANA ATHILL is a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who has worked with some of the most important writers of the 20th century. Athill graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford in 1939 and worked for the BBC throughout the Second World War. Following the war she collaborated with André Deutsch, to establish his publishing company while working closely with many of his authors, including John Updike, Simone de Beauvoir, and Jean Rhys.
Diana Athill retired in 1993 at the age of 75, and after more than 50 years in publishing she became a writer. Athill’s revealing memoirs about her editorial career have all been very successful, particularly the latest, "Somewhere towards the End", which is about old age and approaching death.
Athill was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honors.
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