Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf
Parent company	Penguin Random House
Founded	1915
Founder	Blanche Wolf Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr.
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York City, U.S.
Official website	knopfdoubleday.com/imprint/knopf/

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (/knɒpf/) is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915.^[1] Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends. It was acquired by Random House in 1960, and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group division of Penguin Random House which is owned by the German conglomerate Bertelsmann.^[2]^[3]

The Knopf publishing house is associated with the borzoi logo in its colophon, which was designed by co-founder Blanche Knopf in 1925.^[4]

^ Claridge (2016).
^ "Penguin Random House". bertelsmann.com. Bertelsmann SE & Co. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "Alfred A. Knopf Inc.: Organizational History". Harry Ransom Center. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
^ Swanson, Clare (May 15, 2015). "A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEClaridge2016-1] Claridge (2016).

[2] "Penguin Random House". bertelsmann.com. Bertelsmann SE & Co. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[3] "Alfred A. Knopf Inc.: Organizational History". Harry Ransom Center. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved July 4, 2009.

[PWCentury-4] Swanson, Clare (May 15, 2015). "A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.

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