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| Parent company | Random House (1961–2013) Penguin Random House (since 2013) |
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| Founded | 1942 |
| Founder | Kurt Wolff & Helen Wolff,[1] Kyrill S. Schabert,[2] Jacques Schiffrin[3] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Key people | Dan Frank, Editorial Director, 1996–2021 |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | knopfdoubleday |
Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint. Founded in 1942 as an independent publishing house in New York City by Kurt and Helen Wolff, it specialized in introducing progressive European works to American readers. In 1961, it was acquired by Random House, and André Schiffrin was hired as executive editor, who continued to publish important works, by both European and American writers, until he was forced to resign in 1990 by Random House owner Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. and president Alberto Vitale. Several editors resigned in protest, and multiple Pantheon authors including Studs Terkel, Kurt Vonnegut, and Barbara Ehrenreich held a protest outside Random House. In 1998, Bertelsmann purchased Random House, and the imprint has undergone a number of corporate restructurings since then. It is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group under Penguin Random House.[4]
Dan Frank was Editorial Director from 1996 until his death in May 2021.[5] Lisa Lucas joined the imprint in 2020 as Senior Vice President and Publisher.[6]
- ^ McGuire, William. Bollingen An Adventure in Collecting the Past, Princeton University Press (1989), p 273.
- ^ "Obituaries: Kyrill S. Schabert, 74, Dead; Ex-Head of Pantheon Books", New York Times (April 10, 1983).
- ^ "Pantheon Books". Worlds Without End.
- ^ Random House, Inc. Datamonitor Company Profiles Authority: Retrieved June 20, 2007, from EBSCO Host Business Source Premier database.
- ^ "Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67". AP. May 24, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
- ^ "National Book Foundation's Lisa Lucas To Head Knopf's Pantheon and Schocken". Publishing Perspectives. July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2021.