Anthony Richard James Wylie Godwin (17 December 1919[1] – 15 March 1976)[2] was an influential British publisher of the 1960s/1970s. His contribution to the publishing industry is recognized in the form of the Tony Godwin Memorial Trust.
Born in Ledbury, he started the avant-garde bookshop Better Books in Charing Cross Road, where author Barry Miles worked.
[3] He also ran Bumpus Books and the City Bookshop in London.
In May 1960, Godwin was recruited to join the senior editorial group at Penguin Books and rose to Chief Editor. He sought to update editorial and design policies. With this aim in mind, he hired Germano Facetti in January 1961, who replaced the original Penguin cover design system with the grid layout. He also brought in another designer Alan Aldridge who pushed for a more radical transformation.[4] Godwin established the Penguin Modern Classics subseries in 1961 and The English Library series in 1965.[5]
In 1967, Godwin published Penguin's English edition of acclaimed French cartoonist Siné's periodical Massacre. It contained anti-clerical cartoons and Foyles book store chain refused to stock the book. A row over the book led to Godwin being fired by Penguin's founder, Allen Lane.[6]
Godwin went on to become managing director of publisher Weidenfeld and Nicolson, and in 1972 crossed the Atlantic to start his own imprint under the umbrella of American publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch. Godwin published many high-profile writers such as Edna O'Brien and Len Deighton.[7]
^1939 England and Wales Register
^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973-1995
^"Many Years From Now". Barry Miles
^Germano Facetti | Times Online Obituary
^Guide to the Donald and Katharine Foley Collection of Penguin Books, 1935–1965[permanent dead link]
^The Penguin story—Pearson and the New World Archived 16 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^Korda, Michael (1999). Another life : a memoir of other people (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0679456597.
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