Martyn Goff, CBE (7 June 1923 – 25 March 2015)[1] was a British literary administrator, author, and bookseller.
He made a significant contribution to the organisation and popularity of the Booker Prize for many years, and was involved in efforts to increase literacy and book ownership, particularly among children.
His father, Jacob Gulkov (anglicised: Gee Morton Goff), was a Russian fur dealer who had emigrated to Britain and became a supplier to department stores.
[1] His partner, Rubio Tapani Lindroos, a Finnish poet who moved to London in 1970, died in 2014.
[1] In 2003, Oxford Brookes University awarded him an honorary doctorate.