Libri Kiadó was founded in
Budapest
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in August 2011 by Ákos Balogh, the owner of the Libri bookselling chain, Ádám Halmos, owner of the publishing house Nyitott Könyvműhely, and Bence Sárközy, former editor-in-chief of
Magvető Kiadó.
Libri Publishing, led by Halmos and Sárkozy, publishes contemporary Hungarian writers as well as international titles in non-fiction, entertainment fiction and literary fiction, focusing on works of cultural and social importance. In 2012, Libri established an imprint for young adult and children's books called Kolibri Kiadó, and acquired a share in Helikon Kiadó, a 70-year-old prestigious publisher of authors such as
Márai Sándor,
Weöres Sándor, Bánffy Miklós and
Alessandro Baricco.
Libri publishes foreign authors including Laurence Norfolk,
Jennifer Egan,
Don DeLillo,
Julie Orringer
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,
Erin Morgenstern
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, Isaac Marion,
Darren Shan,
Javier Marías,
Jaume Cabré
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He was born in Terrassa. He graduated in Catalan Philology from the Univ ...
,
Claudio Magris,
Kader Abdolah
Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani ( fa, حسین سجادی قائممقامی فراهانی, better known by his pen name Kader Abdolah ( fa, قادر عبدالله, links=no) (Arak, 12 November 1954), is an Iranian-Dutch writer, poe ...
,
Anna Enquist
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Biography
Born in Amsterdam, Enquist studied piano at the music acade ...
,
Kari Hotakainen
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, Mons Kallentoft, Alexander Soderberg,
Virginie Despentes
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Work
Despentes' work is an inventory of ...
,
Ryu Murakami; as well as non-fiction authors such as
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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,
Richard Dawkins
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and
David Brooks. Among Hungarian writers, Libri publishes the most distinguished young poets such as Térey János and Závada Péter, as well as many of the leading young prose writers such as Benedek Szabolcs, Papp Sándor Zsigmond, Finy Petra, and Szabó Róbert Csaba.
Foreign rights to their Hungarian authors' books are represented by the
Sárközy & Co. Literary Agency.
External links
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Publishing companies established in 2011
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