Christopher MacLehose
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Christopher Colin MacLehose CBE,[1] Hon. FRSL (born 12 July 1940)[2][3] is a British publisher notable as publisher of Harvill Press (from 1984 to 2004),[4][5][6] where his successes included bringing out the stories of Raymond Carver and Richard Ford for the first time in Britain.[7] Having published works translated from more than 34 languages,[8] MacLehose has been referred to as "the champion of translated fiction"[9] and as "British publishing's doyen of literature in translation".[10] He is generally credited with introducing to an English-speaking readership the best-selling Swedish author Stieg Larsson[11][12][13][14] and other prize-winning authors, among them Sergio De La Pava, who has described MacLehose as "an outsize figure literally and figuratively – that's an individual who has devoted his life to literature".[15] From 2008 to 2020 he was the publisher of MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Books, and in 2021 founded the Mountain Leopard Press,[16] an imprint of the Welbeck Publishing Group.[17]
Christopher MacLehose | |
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Born | Christopher Colin MacLehose 1940 (age 83–84) |
Education | Shrewsbury School; Worcester College, Oxford University |
Occupation | Publisher |
Known for | Founder of MacLehose Press; Mountain Leopard Press |
Awards | Benson Medal |
Website | http://www.mountainleopard.press |