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Founded in 1951, '''Peter Owen Publishers''' is a family-run London-based independent publisher. Notable authors on an eclectic list include Paul and Jane Bowles, the Japanese Catholic author [[Shusaku Endo]], Dali, Gide, Cocteau, Colette, Soseki, Mishima, [[Karoline Leach]], the revisionist biographer of [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Hans Henny Jahnn]], [[Tarjei Vesaas]], Jared Cade, author of ''Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days'', and many others. Although best known for fiction (especially in translation) they publish plenty of non-fiction too.
Founded in 1951,<ref name=Guardian>[http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2011/jul/04/peter-owen-sixty-years-innovation John Self, "Peter Owen: Sixty years of innovation"], Books Blog, ''The Guardian'', 4 July 2011.</ref> '''Peter Owen Publishers''' is a family-run London-based independent publisher. Notable authors on an eclectic list include [[Paul Bowles]] and [[Jane Bowles]], the Japanese Catholic author [[Shusaku Endo]], [[Salvador Dalí]],<ref>[http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/1183/Peter_Owen_on_Salvador_Dal%C3%AD Julie Cirelli, "Peter Owen on Salvador Dalí"], AnOther, 24 June 2011.</ref> [[André Gide]],[[Jean Cocteau]], [[Colette]], [[Anaïs Nin]],<ref>[http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/blazing-the-trail-an-interview-with-peter-owen/ Stephen Fowler, "Blazing the trail: an interview with Peter Owen"], 3:AM Magazine, 24 November 2009.</ref> [[Natsume Sōseki]], [[Yukio Mishima]], [[Hermann Hesse]],<ref name=Guardian /> [[Karoline Leach]], the revisionist biographer of [[Lewis Carroll]], [[Hans Henny Jahnn]], [[Tarjei Vesaas]], Jared Cade (author of ''Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days''), and many others. Although best known for fiction (especially in translation) the company also publishes plenty of non-fiction.

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Founded in 1951,[1] Peter Owen Publishers is a family-run London-based independent publisher. Notable authors on an eclectic list include Paul Bowles and Jane Bowles, the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo, Salvador Dalí,[2] André Gide,Jean Cocteau, Colette, Anaïs Nin,[3] Natsume Sōseki, Yukio Mishima, Hermann Hesse,[1] Karoline Leach, the revisionist biographer of Lewis Carroll, Hans Henny Jahnn, Tarjei Vesaas, Jared Cade (author of Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days), and many others. Although best known for fiction (especially in translation) the company also publishes plenty of non-fiction.

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