Mark Goulden

Who is Mark Goulden?

Mark Goulden was a Jewish British journalist and publisher. He began his career as a cub reporter for several newspapers and periodicals in Yorkshire, England, becoming Managing Editor of the Eastern Morning News, the Hull Evening News, the Hull Weekly News, the Yorkshire Evening News and, subsequently, Editorial Director of the Argus Press and Managing Editor of The Sunday Referee which in addition to its extensive coverage of the news, also published articles by literary, philosophical and artistic contributors including Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Osbert Sitwell and Walt Disney.

During his tenure at The Sunday Referee, Goulden published the poet, Dylan Thomas, in "Poet's Corner", and arranged publication of Thomas' first volume of poetry, 18 Poems, through the Panton Press in 1934. Goulden is also considered responsible for initiating the first visit of a reigning British monarch to the United States when, after a meeting with Joseph P. Kennedy in London, Goulden published a proposal on the front page of Cavalcade, 26 July 1938, suggesting that such an event would be "in the interests of Anglo-American relations -- [and] in the interests of democracy."