Geoffrey Faber

Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber (23 August 1889, Great Malvern – 31 March 1961) was an English poet, academic, and publisher.

Life
Geoffrey Cust Faber was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined Oxford University Press in 1913.

A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was the founding editor of Faber and Gwyer, shortly afterwards Faber and Faber, one of the most celebrated of literary publishing houses.

Recognition
The [Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize]] is awarded in his name.

Publications

 * Interflow, Poems Mainly Lyrical (1915)
 * In the Valley of Vision: Poems Written in Time of War (1918)
 * Elnovia, An Entertainment for Novel Readers (1925)
 * The Autobiography of a Book (1926)
 * Oxford Apostles. A Character Study of the Oxford Movement (1933)
 * A Publisher Speaking (1935)
 * The Romance of a Bookshop 1904-1938 (1938)
 * The Buried Stream: Collected Poems 1908-1940 (1941)
 * Jowett: A Portrait with Background (1957)
 * Twelve Years (1962), a poem
 * Modern First Editions: Points and Values