Product Code Database
Adelphi Edizioni is a publishing house based in Milan, Italy that specializes in works of fiction, philosophy, science and classics translated into Italian.
The name was inspired by the Greek word adelphi (ἀδελφοί), which means "brothers" or "companions" and refers to the group who founded the publishing house.
The first book published by Adelphi was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. One of their first important publishing endeavours was the publication of a new complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche, edited by Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, in collaboration with Éditions Gallimard and Walter de Gruyter. This project had previously been rejected by the established Italian publisher Giulio Einaudi editore. They also publish a literary magazine called Adelphiana.
Adelphi has been associated with promoting Mitteleuropa literature from the 1970s onwards Stefano Paolo L'Italia ignorava l' Oriente, lo scoprimmo noi, interview with Roberto Calasso, in Corriere della Sera, May 3rd, 2010, p.31Paolo Di Stefano (2010) Potresti anche dirmi grazie p.86-7 and publishing works by contemporary authors that have not yet received recognition elsewhere.
In 2016, RCS Media Group, who held a 58% stake in Adelphi, sold its entire books division RCS Libri and its underlying subsidiaries to Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. However, Roberto Calasso regained control of the house through an option to repurchase the shares, becoming a majority holder (71%) and exiting the media group.
After Calasso's passing in 2021, Teresa Cremisi was designated as the president of Adelphi, with Roberto Colajanni named as CEO and editorial director.
|
|
