1933
Tom Maschler, English author and publisher (died 2020)
Tom Maschler, English author and publisher (died 2020)
Tom Maschler, English author and publisher (died 2020)
Tom Maschler
British publisher and writer (1933–2020)
- Born
- 1933
Thomas Michael Maschler was a British publisher and writer. From 1960, he was influential as the head of publishing company Jonathan Cape over a period of more than three decades. Maschler was noted for instituting the Booker Prize for British, Irish and Commonwealth literature in 1969. He was involved in publishing the works of many notable authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller, Gabriel García Márquez, John Lennon, Ian McEwan, Bruce Chatwin and Salman Rushdie.