Diana Athill
Born in 1917
Fiction
Memoir
Diana Athill was a renowned British literary editor, novelist, and memoirist born in 1917.
She worked for over 50 years at André Deutsch Ltd, collaborating with notable 20th-century authors.
Athill began her career at the BBC during World War II before entering publishing.
She wrote several memoirs, including Stet, which chronicled her publishing career.
Athill's only novel, Don't Look at Me Like That, was also published.
She lived in London and continued writing well into her later years, producing Somewhere Towards the End at age 89.
Athill was known for her candid and insightful reflections on life, relationships, and aging.
She passed away in 2019 at the age of 101.
