Peter Owen (publisher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Owen (publisher)

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1927

Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 31-May-2016

Profession: publisher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Peter Owen (24 February 1927 – 31 May 2016) was a British publisher, the founder of Peter Owen Publishers.He was born Peter Offenstadt in Nuremberg in 1927, with rickets, the only child of a German Jewish couple.
His mother was Winifred Offenstadt.He was sent to live with his grandmother in England at the age of five, later to be joined by his parents, who were reluctant to leave Germany.He was awarded the OBE for services to literature in 2014.Owen's funeral instructions included, "no religious crap of any kind".