Garnett, Richard (Duncan Carey)

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GARNETT, Richard (Duncan Carey)

GARNETT, Richard (Duncan Carey). British, b. 1923. Genres: Children's fiction, Biography, Translations. Career: Production Manager 1955-59, and Director 1957-66, Rupert Hart-Davis Ltd.; Director, Adlard Coles Ltd., 1963-66; Ed., 1966-82, and Director, 1972-82, Macmillan London; Director, Macmillan Publishers, 1982-87. Publications: The Silver Kingdom (in U.S. as The Undersea Treasure), 1956; The White Dragon, 1963; Jack of Dover, 1966; Constance Garnett: A Heroic Life, 1991. EDITOR: Goldsmith: Selected Works, 1950; (with R. Grenfell) Joyce, 1980; Sylvia and David: The Townsend Warner/Garnett Letters, 1994. TRANSLATOR: R. Gruss, The Art of the Aqualung, 1955; B. Heuvelmans, On the Track of the Unknown Animals, 1958; B. Heuvelmans, In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents, 1968. Address: Hilton Hall, Hilton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE28 9NE, England.

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