Naim Attallah


Naim Ibrahim Attallah is a businessman and writer. He is the publisher of Quartet Books and the former owner of the Women's Press. The Palestinian-born entrepreneur was described by The Guardian in 2000 as a "legendary adorer of beautiful women".
He was born in the former British Mandate of Palestine in 1931. He is the publisher of Quartet Books, which was founded in 1972 by Ken Banerji, John Boothe, William Miller and Brian Thompson, and taken over by Attallah in 1976. Attallah is a former backer of the Literary Review and The Oldie. He is also the former owner of the London-based Women's Press, founded in 1977.
His most recent book of memoirs, Fulfilment and Betrayal: 1975–1995, was published in 2007. According to Jennie Erdal's memoir Ghosting, she was the ghostwriter of some of his books, articles and other writings.
Attallah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to literature and the arts.

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