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  2. The Faber Book Committee

    The Faber Book Committee

    Eliot, ever a lover of weekly routines, attended at Russell Square most days (though later he would not leave for the office until noon, after writing during the morning). He ... More

  3. Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound was born in Hailey, Idaho, in 1885. He came to Europe in 1898 and settled in London, where he was to meet Yeats, Eliot, Ford, Hulme and Gaudier-Brzeska. ... More

  4. T. S. Eliot outside the original Faber offices

    T. S. Eliot outside the original Faber offices

    In 1925 Geoffrey Faber acquires an interest in the Scientific Press and, together with Lady Gwyer, renames the firm Faber and Gwyer Ltd. In the Autumn of that year, Faber ... More

  5. W. H. Auden

    W. H. Auden

    In June 1927, when Auden was still an Oxford undergraduate, he had, on the advice of Sacheverell Sitwell, sent some poems to Eliot at Faber and Gwyer. They were rejected, ... More

  6. Stephen Spender

    Stephen Spender

    Stephen Spender becomes a Faber poet in 1932. More

  7. Louis MacNeice

    Louis MacNeice

    In 1935 Louis MacNeice becomes a Faber author More

  8. Ted Hughes

    Ted Hughes

    Ted Hughes was born in Yorkshire in 1930. His first book, 'The Hawk in the Rain', was published in 1957 and was followed by many volumes of poetry and prose ... More

  9. Faber Poets at a Party

    Faber Poets at a Party

    Five poetry greats: (l-r) Louis Macneice, Ted Hughes, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender. Photograph taken by Mark Gerson. More

  10. P. D. James

    P. D. James

    P. D. James, who was working full-time for the Home Office and writing in the evenings, was looking for a publisher. Her agent Elaine Greene happened to sit next to ... More

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