Personal Life
Victor married Ruth Gollancz née Lowy - an artist who had studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks. They had five daughters among them Vita Gollancz, an artist; Livia Ruth Gollancz, musician and later head of Victor Gollancz LTD; and Diana Gollancz, a confidante of author Philip Larkin (Brunette Coleman).
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