1938
Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022)
Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022)
Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022)
Carmen Callil
Australian publisher and writer (1938–2022)
- Born
- 1938
Dame Carmen Thérèse Fakhry Callil, was an Australian publisher, writer and critic who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973 and received the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 2017. She has been described by Gail Rebuck as "the most extraordinary publisher of her generation".