British publisher, producer and philanthropist (1929–2018)
Ernest Hecht
OBE
Born
(1929-09-21)21 September 1929
Czechoslovakia
Died
13 February 2018(2018-02-13) (aged 88)
London, England
Alma mater
Hull University College
Occupation(s)
Publisher, producer and philanthropist
Known for
Founder of Souvenir Press
Ernest HechtOBE (21 September 1929 – 13 February 2018)[1] was a British publisher, producer, and philanthropist. In 1951, he founded Souvenir Press Ltd, one of the very few remaining independently owned major publishing houses in Great Britain.[2] In 2003 he set up the Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation.[3] Described by The Bookseller as "one of a number of émigrés who changed the face of British publishing after the Second World War alongside George Weidenfeld, Paul Hamlyn and André Deutsch",[4] Hecht has been called "the last of the great publishers".[5] He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Publishing and Charity in June 2015.[6] In August 2015, he was honoured by the President of Brazil with the Order of Rio Branco, which was presented to Hecht at a ceremony by the Brazilian Ambassador in London.[7]
^Katherine Cowdrey, "'Wise and witty' Ernest Hecht dies, aged 88", The Bookseller, 13 February 2018.
^Tom Foot (5 May 2006). "Celebrating the voices which sang the changes". Camden New Journal. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
^"Ernest Hecht", The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation.
^Sarah Shaffi, "Swainson, Hecht, Campbell and Bond honoured by Queen", The Bookseller, 12 June 2015.
^Sally Chatterton, "Who is the publisher who makes the best impression?", The Independent, 4 May 1999.
^"Queen's birthday honours list 2015: OBE", The Guardian, 12 June 2015.
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