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Harvard University Press

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Not to be confused withHarvard Business Publishing.
Harvard University Press
Parent companyHarvard University
FoundedJanuary 13, 1913;111 years ago(1913-01-13)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationCambridge, Massachusetts
DistributionTriLiteral(United States)
John Wiley & Sons(international)[1]
Key peopleGeorge Andreou (Director)
Publication typesAcademic publishing
ImprintsBelknap
Official websitewww.hup.harvard.edu
Kittredge Hall, home to Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press(HUP) is apublishing houseestablished on January 13, 1913, as a division ofHarvard University,and focused onacademic publishing.[2]It is a member of theAssociation of University Presses.[3]After the retirement of William P. Sisler in 2017, the university appointed George Andreou as director.[4]

The press maintains offices inCambridge, MassachusettsnearHarvard Square,and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC withMIT PressandYale University Press.[5]TriLiteral was sold toLSC Communicationsin 2018.[6]

Notable authors published by HUP includeEudora Welty,Walter Benjamin,E. O. Wilson,John Rawls,Emily Dickinson,Stephen Jay Gould,Helen Vendler,Carol Gilligan,Amartya Sen,David Blight,Martha Nussbaum,andThomas Piketty.[citation needed]

The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.[7]

Related publishers, imprints, and series[edit]

HUP owns the Belknap Pressimprint,which it inaugurated in May 1954 with the publication of theHarvard Guide to American History.[8]TheJohn Harvard Librarybookseriesis published under the Belknap imprint, which was established through an endowment from the estate of art historian and Harvard alumnusWaldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.

Harvard University Press distributes theLoeb Classical Libraryand is the publisher of theI Tatti Renaissance Library,theDumbarton Oaks Medieval Library,and theMurty Classical Library of India.

It is distinct fromHarvard Business Press,which is part ofHarvard Business Publishing,and the independentHarvard Common Press.

Awards[edit]

Its2011 publicationListed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species ActbyJoe Roman[9]received the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.[10]

Publications[edit]

Main category:Harvard University Press books

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^TriLiteral
  2. ^"As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy".Harvard Magazine.March–April 2013.RetrievedJanuary 28,2015.
  3. ^"Our Members".Association of University Presses.RetrievedJanuary 30,2023.
  4. ^"New director for Harvard University Press".Harvard Gazette.July 12, 2017.RetrievedJuly 14,2017.
  5. ^TriLiteral
  6. ^Milliot, Jim (April 3, 2018)."LSC Buys TriLiteral; Turner Purchases Gürze Books".Publishers Weekly.RetrievedJuly 8,2018.
  7. ^"Last Chapter".Harvard Magazine.September–October 2009.RetrievedDecember 2,2010.
  8. ^Bridenbaugh, Carl(May 9, 1954)."For Explorers of Our Past: Harvard Guide to American History".The New York Times Book Review.RetrievedMay 30,2010.
  9. ^Roman, Joe(2011).Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act.Harvard University Press.ISBN9780674061279.
  10. ^"Winners: SEJ 11th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment".Society of Environmental Journalists.October 17, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon August 24, 2017.RetrievedJuly 15,2017.

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