Dame Carmen Callil | |
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Born | Carmen Thérèse Callil 15 July 1938 |
Died | 17 October 2022 London, England | (aged 84)
Nationality | Australian citizenship |
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Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
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Known for | Founder of Virago Press |
Notable work | Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family & Fatherland (2006) |
Awards | Benson Medal |
Dame Carmen Thérèse Callil, DBE, FRSL (15 July 1938 – 17 October 2022) was an Australian publisher, writer and critic who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973 and received the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 2017. She has been described by Gail Rebuck as "the most extraordinary publisher of her generation".[1]
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