Gollancz served in the British Army in World War I. In 1917 he became involved in the Reconstruction Committee[?], an organization that was making plans for postwar Britain. There he met Ernest Benn, who hired him to work in the publishing business. Starting with magazines, Gollancz then brought out a series of art books, after which he started signing novelists.
Gollancz formed his own publishing company[?] in 1927; the writers he published included George Orwell and Ford Madox Ford. He was also one of the founders of the Left Book Club[?].
Gollancz had a knack for marketing, sometimes taking out full-page newspaper ads for the books he published, a novelty at the time. He also used eye-catching typography and book designs.
In addition to his highly successful publishing business, Gollancz was a prolific writer on a variety of subjects.
He was knighted in 1955.
Selected bibliography
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