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 Mountain Leopard Press,[16] an imprint of the Welbeck Publishing Group.[17] The Mountain Lion list was sold to Hachette in December 2022. In 2024, it was announced that MacLehose was to launch Open Borders Press, as the first imprint of Orenda Books.[18]
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 |