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New Directions Publishing

January 01, 1970

New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin (1914-1997)[1] and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City.[2]

New Directions Publishing
80 8th Avenue, headquarters of New Directions Publishing.
Founded1936
FounderJames Laughlin
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
DistributionW. W. Norton & Company
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genrestranslation, experimental poetry
Official websitendbooks.com

History edit

New Directions was born in 1936 of Ezra Pound's advice to the young James Laughlin, then a Harvard University sophomore, to "do something useful" after finishing his studies at Harvard.[3] The first projects to come out of New Directions were anthologies of new writing, each titled New Directions in Poetry and Prose (until 1966's NDPP 19). Early writers incorporated in these anthologies include Dylan Thomas, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, Thomas Merton, Denise Levertov, James Agee, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

New Directions later broadened their focus to include writing of all genres, representing not only American writing, but also a considerable amount of literature in translation from modernist authors around the world. New Directions also published the early work of many writers including Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams, and Tennessee Williams was published as a poet for the very first time in a New Directions poetry collection.

Laughlin also initiated a number of thematic series and publications. The New Directions "Poet of the Month" series consisted of thin volumes of either lengthy individual poems or small collections of poems by one author were released on a monthly basis to subscribers, and a larger "Poet of the Year" volume was issued once annually. The series were discontinued after a few years. "Directions" began in 1941 as a quarterly soft-bound journal, with each edition dedicated to a single author or work in prose. Early issues included a collection of short stories by Vladimir Nabokov and a play by William Carlos Williams. The subscription model did not take hold, and later editions in the series were published in more traditional form and sold as individual works to the general public. Another short-lived New Directions periodical, Pharos, was discontinued after its fourth number was published in the winter of 1947.

Other notable undertakings include the New Classics and Modern Readers series, which reissued recent books that had gone out of print. These reprints included such works as Exiles and Stephen Hero by James Joyce and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.[4]

After Laughlin's death, New Directions Publishing became owned by a trust established in his will.[5]

Jacket design and colophon edit

After the time of World War II, New Directions developed a close relationship with the artist Alvin Lustig, who designed modernist abstract book jackets. Lustig was ultimately responsible for developing a distinctive style of dust jacket that served as a New Directions hallmark for many years.

The company's colophon is a figure of a centaur based upon a sculpture by Heinz Henghes, and usually appears on the spine of New Directions books.

Presidents edit

Awards edit

In 1977, New Directions was presented with a Carey Thomas Award special citation for distinguished publishing in experimental literature. New Directions' authors have won numerous national and international awards, including the:

Nobel Prize[6] edit

  • Tomas Tranströmer, 2011
  • Octavio Paz, 1990
  • Camilo José Cela, 1989
  • Elias Canetti, 1981
  • Eugenio Montale, 1975
  • Pablo Neruda, 1971
  • Yasunari Kawabata, 1968
  • Jean-Paul Sartre, 1964
  • Saint-John Perse, 1960
  • Boris Pasternak, 1958
  • Andre Gide, 1947
  • Hermann Hesse, 1946
  • Frédéric Mistral, 1904

Pulitzer Prize[7] edit

  • Hilton Als, 2017
  • Gary Snyder, 1975
  • George Oppen, 1969
  • Richard Eberhart, 1966
  • William Carlos Williams, 1963
  • Tennessee Williams, 1948, 1955
  • Robert Penn Warren, 1947, 1958, 1979

National Book Award edit

  • Yoko Tawada, 2018
  • Nathaniel Mackey, 2006

MacArthur Foundation Fellowship[8] edit

  • John Keene, 2018
  • Peter Cole, 2007
  • Lydia Davis, 2003
  • Anne Carson, 2000
  • Guy Davenport, 1990
  • Allen Grossman, 1989
  • Walter Abish, 1987

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction[9] edit

  • Toby Olson, 1983

Prix Goncourt edit

  • Mathias Énard, 2015
  • Eugène Guillevic, 1988
  • Emile Ajar, 1975
  • Romain Gary, 1956

Man Booker International Prize edit

  • Laszlo Krasznahorkai / George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet, 2015

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize edit

  • Jenny Erpenbeck / Susan Bernofsky, 2015

Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize[10] edit

  • Denise Levertov, 1976

Bollingen Prize in American Poetry[11] edit

  • Nathaniel Mackey, 2015
  • Susan Howe, 2011
  • Allen Grossman, 2009
  • Robert Creeley, 1999
  • Gary Snyder, 1997
  • Robert Penn Warren, 1967
  • Robert Fitzgerald, 1961
  • Delmore Schwartz, 1960
  • Ezra Pound, 1948

Robert Frost Medal edit

  • Susan Howe, 2017
  • Kamau Brathwaite, 2015
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2003
  • Denise Levertov, 1999
  • James Laughlin, 1999
  • Robert Creeley, 1987

Windham-Campbell Literature Prize edit

  • John Keene, 2018
  • Hilton Als, 2016

Vilenica Kristal Prize[12] edit

  • Luljeta Lleshanaku, 2009

Current projects edit

The current focus of New Directions is threefold: discovering and introducing to the US contemporary international writers; publishing new and experimental American poetry and prose; and reissuing New Directions' classic titles in new editions.

Drawing from the tradition of the early anthologies and series, New Directions launched the Pearl series, which presents short works by New Directions writers in slim, minimalist volumes designed by Rodrigo Corral. Recent additions to the series include On Booze by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Leviathan by Joseph Roth.[6] New Directions also publishes a selection of academic reading guides to accompany a number of their books, including Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams.[7]

Authors edit

New Directions was the first American publisher of such notables as Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, and Henry Miller. Today, their authors include:

American literature

Central American, South American, and Caribbean literature

British, Irish, Canadian, and Australian literature

European literature

Chinese and Japanese literature

Middle Eastern and Indian literature

Bestsellers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "About Us". www.ndbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  2. ^ "Contact". www.ndbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  3. ^ "New Directions Publishing Company". New Directions Publishing Company. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  4. ^ "James Laughlin". Poetry Foundation. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  5. ^ Bustillos, Maria. "How Staying Small Helps New Directions Publish Great Books". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. ^ "All Nobel Prizes in Literature". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  7. ^ "Fiction". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  8. ^ "MacArthur Fellows Program — MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  9. ^ . www.penfaulkner.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  10. ^ aapone (1979-12-31). "Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize". Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  11. ^ "Welcome | The Bollingen Prize for Poetry". bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  12. ^ Beletrina, Production. "Luljeta Lleshanaku | Versopolis". www.versopolis.com. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  13. ^ The Pisan Cantos, New York, New Directions, 1948 [1] - 2003 [2]

Further reading edit

  • Laughlin, James. The Way It Wasn't. Ed. Barbara Epler and Daniel Javitch. New York: New Directions, 2006.
  • Dana, Robert (2009). "Jame Laughlin" (PDF). Against the Grain: Interviews with Maverick American Publishers. University of Iowa Press. pp. 1–41. ISBN 9781587298943 – via Project Muse.

External links edit

  • New Directions Publishing Website
  • Will Hall Books-- Checklist of early authors and books published by New Directions Press
  • Alvin Lustig
  • New Directions Vice President Declan Spring interviewed on publishing in a recession
  • The New Inquiry on The New Directions Pearl series

January 01, 1970
directions, publishing, corp, independent, book, publishing, company, that, founded, 1936, james, laughlin, 1914, 1997, incorporated, 1964, offices, located, eighth, avenue, york, city, avenue, headquarters, founded1936founderjames, laughlincountry, originunit. New Directions Publishing Corp is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin 1914 1997 1 and incorporated in 1964 Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City 2 New Directions Publishing80 8th Avenue headquarters of New Directions Publishing Founded1936FounderJames LaughlinCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationNew York CityDistributionW W Norton amp CompanyPublication typesBooksFiction genrestranslation experimental poetryOfficial websitendbooks wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Jacket design and colophon 1 2 Presidents 1 3 Awards 1 3 1 Nobel Prize 6 1 3 2 Pulitzer Prize 7 1 3 3 National Book Award 1 3 4 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 8 1 3 5 PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction 9 1 3 6 Prix Goncourt 1 3 7 Man Booker International Prize 1 3 8 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 1 3 9 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 10 1 3 10 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry 11 1 3 11 Robert Frost Medal 1 3 12 Windham Campbell Literature Prize 1 3 13 Vilenica Kristal Prize 12 2 Current projects 2 1 Authors 3 Bestsellers 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory editNew Directions was born in 1936 of Ezra Pound s advice to the young James Laughlin then a Harvard University sophomore to do something useful after finishing his studies at Harvard 3 The first projects to come out of New Directions were anthologies of new writing each titled New Directions in Poetry and Prose until 1966 s NDPP 19 Early writers incorporated in these anthologies include Dylan Thomas Marianne Moore Wallace Stevens Thomas Merton Denise Levertov James Agee and Lawrence Ferlinghetti New Directions later broadened their focus to include writing of all genres representing not only American writing but also a considerable amount of literature in translation from modernist authors around the world New Directions also published the early work of many writers including Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and Tennessee Williams was published as a poet for the very first time in a New Directions poetry collection Laughlin also initiated a number of thematic series and publications The New Directions Poet of the Month series consisted of thin volumes of either lengthy individual poems or small collections of poems by one author were released on a monthly basis to subscribers and a larger Poet of the Year volume was issued once annually The series were discontinued after a few years Directions began in 1941 as a quarterly soft bound journal with each edition dedicated to a single author or work in prose Early issues included a collection of short stories by Vladimir Nabokov and a play by William Carlos Williams The subscription model did not take hold and later editions in the series were published in more traditional form and sold as individual works to the general public Another short lived New Directions periodical Pharos was discontinued after its fourth number was published in the winter of 1947 Other notable undertakings include the New Classics and Modern Readers series which reissued recent books that had gone out of print These reprints included such works as Exiles and Stephen Hero by James Joyce and The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 4 After Laughlin s death New Directions Publishing became owned by a trust established in his will 5 Jacket design and colophon edit After the time of World War II New Directions developed a close relationship with the artist Alvin Lustig who designed modernist abstract book jackets Lustig was ultimately responsible for developing a distinctive style of dust jacket that served as a New Directions hallmark for many years The company s colophon is a figure of a centaur based upon a sculpture by Heinz Henghes and usually appears on the spine of New Directions books Presidents edit James Laughlin Griselda Ohannessian Peggy Fox Barbara Epler Awards edit In 1977 New Directions was presented with a Carey Thomas Award special citation for distinguished publishing in experimental literature New Directions authors have won numerous national and international awards including the Nobel Prize 6 edit Tomas Transtromer 2011 Octavio Paz 1990 Camilo Jose Cela 1989 Elias Canetti 1981 Eugenio Montale 1975 Pablo Neruda 1971 Yasunari Kawabata 1968 Jean Paul Sartre 1964 Saint John Perse 1960 Boris Pasternak 1958 Andre Gide 1947 Hermann Hesse 1946 Frederic Mistral 1904 Pulitzer Prize 7 edit Hilton Als 2017 Gary Snyder 1975 George Oppen 1969 Richard Eberhart 1966 William Carlos Williams 1963 Tennessee Williams 1948 1955 Robert Penn Warren 1947 1958 1979 National Book Award edit Yoko Tawada 2018 Nathaniel Mackey 2006 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 8 edit John Keene 2018 Peter Cole 2007 Lydia Davis 2003 Anne Carson 2000 Guy Davenport 1990 Allen Grossman 1989 Walter Abish 1987 PEN Faulkner Award for Fiction 9 edit Toby Olson 1983 Prix Goncourt edit Mathias Enard 2015 Eugene Guillevic 1988 Emile Ajar 1975 Romain Gary 1956 Man Booker International Prize edit Laszlo Krasznahorkai George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize edit Jenny Erpenbeck Susan Bernofsky 2015 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 10 edit Denise Levertov 1976 Bollingen Prize in American Poetry 11 edit Nathaniel Mackey 2015 Susan Howe 2011 Allen Grossman 2009 Robert Creeley 1999 Gary Snyder 1997 Robert Penn Warren 1967 Robert Fitzgerald 1961 Delmore Schwartz 1960 Ezra Pound 1948 Robert Frost Medal edit Susan Howe 2017 Kamau Brathwaite 2015 Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2003 Denise Levertov 1999 James Laughlin 1999 Robert Creeley 1987 Windham Campbell Literature Prize edit John Keene 2018 Hilton Als 2016 Vilenica Kristal Prize 12 edit Luljeta Lleshanaku 2009Current projects editThe current focus of New Directions is threefold discovering and introducing to the US contemporary international writers publishing new and experimental American poetry and prose and reissuing New Directions classic titles in new editions Drawing from the tradition of the early anthologies and series New Directions launched the Pearl series which presents short works by New Directions writers in slim minimalist volumes designed by Rodrigo Corral Recent additions to the series include On Booze by F Scott Fitzgerald and The Leviathan by Joseph Roth 6 New Directions also publishes a selection of academic reading guides to accompany a number of their books including Hermann Hesse s Siddhartha and The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams 7 Authors edit New Directions was the first American publisher of such notables as Vladimir Nabokov Jorge Luis Borges and Henry Miller Today their authors include American literature Walter Abish Will Alexander John Allman Sherwood Anderson Wayne Andrews David Antin Paul Auster Jimmy Santiago Baca Djuna Barnes Lee Bartlett Kay Boyle William Bronk Frederick Busch Hayden Carruth Tom Clark Peter Cole Cid Corman Gregory Corso Robert Creeley Guy Davenport Edward Dahlberg Helen DeWitt Debra Di Blasi H D Coleman Dowell Robert Duncan Richard Eberhart William Everson Lawrence Ferlinghetti Thalia Field F Scott Fitzgerald Robert Fitzgerald Forrest Gander John Gardner Allen Grossman John Hawkes David Hinton Susan Howe Henry James Robinson Jeffers Mary Karr Bob Kaufman Alvin Levin Denise Levertov Nathaniel Mackey Bernadette Mayer Carole Maso Michael McClure Thomas Merton Joyce Carol Oates Charles Olson Toby Olson George Oppen Michael Palmer Kenneth Patchen Ezra Pound 13 Kenneth Rexroth William Saroyan Delmore Schwartz Frederic Tuten Rosmarie Waldrop Robert Penn Warren Eliot Weinberger Nathanael West Tennessee Williams William Carlos Williams Louis Zukofsky Central American South American and Caribbean literature Cesar Aira Argentina Martin Adan Peru Homero Aridjis Mexico Roberto Bolano Chile Jorge Luis Borges Argentina Kamau Brathwaite Barbados Coral Bracho Mexico Ernesto Cardenal Nicaragua Adolfo Bioy Casares Argentina Horacio Castellanos Moya El Salvador Julio Cortazar Argentina Felisberto Hernandez Uruguay Vicente Huidobro Chile Enrique Lihn Chile Clarice Lispector Brazil Pablo Neruda Chile Nicanor Parra Chile Octavio Paz Mexico Rene Philoctete Haiti Rodrigo Rey Rosa Guatemala Guillermo Rosales Cuba Evelio Rosero Colombia Luis Fernando Verissimo Brazil British Irish Canadian and Australian literature Valentine Ackland Jessica Au H E Bates Martin Bax Carmel Bird Sir Thomas Browne Edwin Brock Christine Brooke Rose Basil Bunting Elias Canetti Anne Carson Joyce Cary Douglas Cleverdon Maurice Collis William Empson Caradoc Evans Gavin Ewart Ronald Firbank Henry Green Christopher Isherwood James Joyce B S Johnson Hugh MacDiarmid Wilfred Owen Caradog Prichard Herbert Read Peter Dale Scott C H Sisson Stevie Smith Muriel Spark Dylan Thomas Charles Tomlinson D H Lawrence European literature Germano Almeida Cape Verde Corrado Alvaro Italy Alfred Andersch Germany Guillaume Apollinaire France Gennadiy Aygi Russia Honore de Balzac France Jacques Barzun France Charles Baudelaire France Gottfried Benn Germany Nina Berberova Russia Giuseppe Berto Italy Johannes Bobrowski Germany Wolfgang Borchert Germany Johan Borgen Norway Alain Bosquet France Mikhail Bulgakov Russia Louis Ferdinand Celine France Blaise Cendrars Switzerland Rene Char France Inger Christensen Denmark Jean Cocteau France Alain Danielou France Tibor Dery Hungary Eugenio de Andrade Portugal Pierre Choderlos de Laclos France Madame de La Fayette France Eca de Queiroz Portugal Tibor Dery Hungary Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Italy Edouard Dujardin France Jenny Erpenbeck Germany Hans Faverey Netherlands Gustave Flaubert France Romain Gary France Wilhelm Genazino Germany William Gerhardie Russia Goethe Germany Nikolai Gogol Russia Martin Grzimek Germany Henri Guigonnat France Eugene Guillevic France Lars Gustafsson Sweden Knut Hamsun Norway Hermann Hesse Germany Alfred Jarry France Franz Kafka Germany Czech Republic Heinrich von Kleist Germany Alexander Kluge Germany Laszlo Krasznahorkai Hungary Dezso Kosztolanyi Hungary Miroslav Krleza Yugoslavia Siegfried Lenz Germany Luljeta Lleshanaku Albania Federico Garcia Lorca Spain Stephane Mallarme France Javier Marias Spain Henri Michaux France Frederic Mistral France Eugenio Montale Italy Vladimir Nabokov Russia Boris Pasternak Russia Victor Pelevin Russia Saint John Perse France Raymond Queneau France Rainer Maria Rilke Germany Arthur Rimbaud France Joseph Roth Austria W G Sebald Germany Jean Paul Sartre French Dag Solstad Norway Stendhal France Antonio Tabucchi Italy Yoko Tawada Japan Germany Uwe Timm Germany Leonid Tsypkin Russia Tomas Transtromer Sweden Dubravka Ugresic Yugoslavia Paul Valery France Enrique Vila Matas Spain Elio Vittorini Italy Robert Walser Switzerland Zinovy Zinik Russia Chinese and Japanese literature Ah Cheng China Gu Cheng China Bei Dao China Osamu Dazai Japan Shusaku Endō Japan Tu Fu China Takashi Hiraide Japan Taeko Kono Japan Yukio Mishima Japan Teru Miyamoto Japan Li Po China Li Qingzhao China Ihara Saikaku Japan Kazuko Shiraishi Japan Yoko Tawada Japan Germany Yuko Tsushima Japan Wang Anyi China Wang Wei China Tian Wen China Mu Xin China Can Xue China Qian Zhongshu China Middle Eastern and Indian literature Ilango Adigal India Ahmed Ali Pakistan Buddha Albert Cossery Egypt Yoel Hoffmann Israel Qurratulain Hyder India Abdelfattah Kilito Morocco Dunya Mikhail Iraq Raja Rao India Aharon Shabtai Israel Bestsellers editLabyrinths Jorge Luis Borges A Coney Island of the Mind Lawrence Ferlinghetti Siddhartha Hermann Hesse Christie Malry s Own Double Entry B S Johnson Selected Poems Denise Levertov The Air Conditioned Nightmare Henry Miller Nausea Jean Paul Sartre Turtle Island Gary Snyder Miss Lonelyhearts amp The Day of the Locust Nathanael West The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Selected Poems William Carlos Williams The Cantos Ezra PoundReferences edit About Us www ndbooks com Retrieved 2023 06 29 Contact www ndbooks com Retrieved 2023 06 29 New Directions Publishing Company New Directions Publishing Company Retrieved 2016 12 20 James Laughlin Poetry Foundation 2016 12 20 Retrieved 2016 12 20 Bustillos Maria How Staying Small Helps New Directions Publish Great Books The New Yorker Retrieved 2020 12 09 All Nobel Prizes in Literature www nobelprize org Retrieved 2016 12 20 Fiction www pulitzer org Retrieved 2016 12 20 MacArthur Fellows Program MacArthur Foundation www macfound org Retrieved 2016 12 20 Past Winners amp Finalists www penfaulkner org Archived from the original on 2013 12 21 Retrieved 2016 12 20 aapone 1979 12 31 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Academy of American Poets Retrieved 2016 12 20 Welcome The Bollingen Prize for Poetry bollingen yale edu Retrieved 2016 12 20 Beletrina Production Luljeta Lleshanaku Versopolis www versopolis com Retrieved 2016 12 20 The Pisan Cantos New York New Directions 1948 1 2003 2 Further reading editLaughlin James The Way It Wasn t Ed Barbara Epler and Daniel Javitch New York New Directions 2006 Dana Robert 2009 Jame Laughlin PDF Against the Grain Interviews with Maverick American Publishers University of Iowa Press pp 1 41 ISBN 9781587298943 via Project Muse External links editNew Directions Publishing Website Will Hall Books Checklist of early authors and books published by New Directions Press Alvin Lustig New Directions Vice President Declan Spring interviewed on publishing in a recession The New Inquiry on The New Directions Pearl series Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Directions Publishing amp oldid 1212239761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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