Everything about Viking Press totally explained
Viking Press is an American
publishing company currently owned by
Penguin Books. It was founded in
New York City on
March 1,
1925 by
Harold K. Guinzburg and
George S. Oppenheim. The firm's name and logo –- a Viking ship drawn by
Rockwell Kent -– were meant to evoke the ideas of exploration and enterprise implied by the word "Viking".
The house has been home to many prominent authors of fiction, non-fiction, and play scripts. Viking authors have received five
Nobel Prizes for Literature and one
Nobel Peace Prize; their books have won numerous
Pulitzer Prizes,
National Book Awards, and other important literary prizes.
Viking currently publishes approximately 100 books a year. It is notable for publishing both successful commercial fiction and acclaimed literary fiction and non-fiction. Viking's paperbacks are published by Penguin Books. Viking's current president is
Clare Ferraro.
The Viking Children's Book department was established in 1933; its founding editor was
May Massee. Its books have won the
Newbery and
Caldecott Medals, and include such perennial favorites as
Corduroy,
Make Way for Ducklings,
The Outsiders,
Pippi Longstocking, and
The Story of Ferdinand. Its paperbacks are published by
Puffin Books, which includes the
Speak and
Firebird imprints. Viking Children's current president and publisher is
Regina Hayes.
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