Pushkin Press

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British-based publishing house

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image[[File:Pushkin Press.jpg
statusActive
founded
founderMelissa Ulfane
countryUnited Kingdom
headquartersLondon,
distributionGrantham Book Services (UK)
Hanover Publisher Services (US)
genreLiterature in translation, general fiction, juvenile fiction, children's books
imprintsPushkin Press, Pushkin Children’s Books, ONE
urlhttps://pushkinpress.com/
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Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as Stefan Zweig, Marcel Aymé, Antal Szerb, Paul Morand and Yasushi Inoue, as well as award-winning contemporary writers, including Andrés Neuman, Edith Pearlman, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Eka Kurniawan and Ryu Murakami.

History

Pushkin Press was founded in 1997 by Melissa Ulfane, whose ambition was to bring literature in translation to the UK. It is notable for rediscovering less known European classics of the twentieth century and is largely responsible for reigniting worldwide interest into authors such as Stefan Zweig and Antal Szerb.

In 2012, Pushkin Press was bought by Adam Freudenheim, then Penguin Classics publisher, and Stephanie Seegmuller, a former Penguin senior business development manager. Seegmuller left Pushkin in March 2015.

In 2013, Pushkin Press created Pushkin Children's Books, an imprint dedicated to publishing tales for younger readers. In its first year, Pushkin Children's Books published English translations of the French children's series Oksa Pollock by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf, the first of which, The Last Hope, was the company's bestselling title in 2014. Dutch Classic The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt, translated into English by Laura Watkinson, has been the company's most successful children's book.

Also in Autumn 2013, Pushkin Press created ONE, an imprint focused on literary debuts that publishes one exceptional fiction or non-fiction title a season. All titles published under the ONE imprint were initially commissioned and edited by Elena Lappin. Lappin left Pushkin in 2017, but the ONE imprint continues with the focus on contemporary English-language originals.

In 2014, Pushkin Press published Anthea Bell's faithful English translation of Erich Kästner's 1949 German children's novel The Parent Trap, the basis for Disney's 1961 film adaptation of the same name starring Hayley Mills and its 1998 remake starring Lindsay Lohan. Then in 2020, Australian actress Ruby Rees recorded an unabridged narration of Bell's translation for Bolinda.

In September 2015, they launched Pushkin Vertigo, a foreign crime imprint, publishing crime novels translated into English from around the world, notably focusing on Japan and France. In 2024 it won the CWA Dagger for Best Crime and Mystery Publisher.

In 2024, Pushkin acquired New Hampshire–based narrative nonfiction publisher Steerforth Press and its sister company, Hanover Publisher Services. Pushkin has had a relationship with the companies since 2014, when Hanover began distributing Pushkin in the U.S. through Penguin Random House Publishers Services.

ONE

Titles published by ONE so far include the Man Booker Prize shortlisted

Key people

  • Publisher & Managing Director: Adam Freudenheim
  • Deputy Publisher: Laura Macaulay
  • Editor: Daniel Seton
  • Publicist: Tabitha Pelly
  • Editor: Harriet Wade
  • Head of Marketing: Natalie Ramm
  • Digital Marketing Executive: Elise Jackson
  • Editorial Assistant: Rory Williamson
  • Managing Editor: India Darsley
  • Children's Editor-at-Large: Sarah Odedina
  • Children's Editor: Simon Mason

References

References

  1. "''Pushkin Press: About''".
  2. "Pushkin celebrates 20 years at London Library".
  3. Chia, Marella Caracciolo. (2025-02-03). "Melissa Ulfane's art and objects head for auction".
  4. Jacobs, Gerald. (2009-08-13). "The woman who’s proving intelligent books can sell".
  5. "New hardback plans for Pushkin Press".
  6. "Freudenheim and Seegmuller buy Pushkin".
  7. Lenfield, Spencer Lee. (November 2015). "''Once Upon a Time in Translation''". [[Harvard Magazine]].
  8. Kästner, Erich. (November 6, 2014). "''The Parent Trap''". Pushkin Press.
  9. Kästner, Erich. (December 1, 2020). "''The Parent Trap''". [[Bolinda Publishing.
  10. Abrams, Dennis. (2015-03-18). "Pushkin Press Announces New Crime Imprint: Pushkin Vertigo".
  11. "The CWA Daggers".
  12. Maher, John. "Pushkin Press Acquires Steerforth Press and Hanover Publisher Services".
  13. Reid, Calvin. "Hanover Publisher Services Adds Pushkin Press".

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