 Diana Athill

Diana Athill (21 December 1917 – 23 January 2019) was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Diana Athill was born in Kensington, London, during a World War I Zeppelin bombing raid.She was brought up in the English county of Norfolk, in Ditchingham Hall, a country house.