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Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022)

Carmen Callil

Australian publisher and writer (1938–2022)

Dame Carmen Thérèse 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…
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Virago Press

Publisher of women's writing and books on feminist topics

Virago is a British publisher of women's writing and books on feminist topics. Started and run by women in the 1970s and bolstered by the success of the Women's Liberation Movement (WLM), Virago has been credited as one of several British feminist presses that helped address…
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