Naim Attallah Explained

Honorific Suffix:[1]
Birth Date:1931 5, df=y
Birth Place:Mandatory Palestine
Birth Name:Naim Ibrahim Attallah
Known For:Publisher of Quartet Books and the owner of The Women's Press

Naim Ibrahim Attallah (Arabic: نعيم إبراهيم عطالله, 1 May 1931 – 2 February 2021)[2] was a Palestinian-British businessman and writer. He was the publisher of Quartet Books and the owner of The Women's Press. The Palestinian-born entrepreneur was described by The Guardian in 2000 as a "legendary adorer of beautiful women".[3]

Attallah was born in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1931 to a Catholic family. He was the owner of the publishing house Quartet Books, which was founded in 1972 by Ken Banerji, John Boothe, William Miller and Brian Thompson, and taken over by Attallah in 1976.[4] Attallah was a backer of the Literary Review and The Oldie.[5] He was also the owner of the London-based The Women's Press,[6] established in 1977;[7] it was founded by him and Stephanie Dowrick.

In 1990, he became joint managing director of jewellers, Asprey.[8]

Attallah's book of memoirs, Fulfilment and Betrayal: 1975–1995, was published in 2007.[9] According to Jennie Erdal's 2005 memoir Ghosting,[10] she was the ghostwriter of “speeches, newspaper articles, a dozen works of nonfiction and two novels”[11] in addition to “hundreds of letters”[12] The last part of her book’s dedication states that he “inspired this story and allowed it to be told.”[13]

Attallah was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to literature and the arts.

Attallah died in his sleep after contracting COVID-19 on February 2, 2021.[14]

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  1. Web site: New Year's Honours list 2017. 30 December 2016. 14 June 2024. Government of the United Kingdom. 12.
  2. Web site: Quartet chairman Naim Attallah dies, aged 89. Mark. Chandler. The Bookseller. 4 February 2021. 4 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Farewell, my lovelies . The Guardian. Sally. Weale. 27 November 2000. 14 June 2024.
  4. Web site: About . Quartet Books . http://web.archive.org/web/20140520083211/http://quartetbooks.co.uk/about . 20 May 2014.
  5. Web site: Oldie celebrates and recognises its debt to Naim . . 3 July 2012 . 14 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Miranda . Seymour . But did the Medicis have as much fun? . The Telegraph . 3 May 2007 . 14 June 2024.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140103231942/https://www.bookblast.com/popups/mediareleases/attallahmemoir1.pdf . BookBlast . The Old Ladies of Nazareth (Media Release) . 3 January 2014 .
  8. News: Crown jewellers sold off for a princely pounds 250m. The Independent. 4 November 1995. 18 August 2024.
  9. Web site: Terence . Blacker . Lewd but likeable: the key to Naim Attallah . The Independent . 2 May 2007 . terenceblacker.com . http://web.archive.org/web/20130127015433/http://terenceblacker.com/comment/from-the-independent/lewd-but-likeable-the-key-to-naim-attallah/ . 27 January 2013.
  10. Book: Erdal, Jennie. Jennie Erdal

    . Jennie Erdal. Ghosting: A Memoir. 2004. Canongate Books. 1841955620. registration.

  11. News: Susan Salter . Reynolds. A former ghost takes to the light. Los Angeles Times. 22 May 2005 . 14 June 2024.
  12. Book: Reiter, Jennie . Ghosting: A Double Life . Publishing House . 2023 . New York . 978-3-16-148410-0 .
  13. News: Susan Salter . Reynolds. A former ghost takes to the light. Los Angeles Times. 22 May 2005 . 14 June 2024.
  14. Web site: Naim Attallah: The rags-to-riches life of a Palestinian in London . Arab News . 13 February 2021 . 14 June 2024.

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