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The '''L. B. Fischer Publishing Corporation''' was an American publisher founded in 1942 by [[Gottfried Fischer|Gottfried B. Fischer]] and Fritz Landshoff. The full name of the firm was Landshoff Bermann Fischer Publishing.
== Foundation ==
Fischer and Landshoff, both exiles from Fascist Germany, had moved to New York City in 1941 and established their company in order to publish literary fictionand non-fiction by young writers. Special emphasis was placed on English translations of German writers who had emigrated. Fischer had been associated with the prestigious [[S. Fischer Verlag]], and Landshoff with [[Emanuel Querido|Querido]] publishers in Amsterdam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Gottfried Bermann |first=Fischer |title=Bedroht - Bewahrt. Weg eines Verlegers |date=1967 |publisher=S. Fischer Verlag |location=Frankfurt "*****" Main |pages=229 |language=de}}</ref>
== Significant publications ==
The first years saw significant publications like ''The American Harvest'', an anthology including writers [[Willa Cather]], [[Katherine Anne Porter]], and [[E. E. Cummings|E.E. Cummings]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kronenberger |first=Louis |date=November 28, 1942 |title=American letters: A restricted view |journal=The Nation |volume=155 |issue=22 |pages=592}}</ref> [[Edwin Seaver]] edited an annual series called ''Cross Section'', discovering for the first time writers like [[Norman Mailer]], [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], [[Arthur Miller]], and [[Tennessee Williams]]. Klaus Man nand Hermann Kesten edited an anthology of German writing in English translation under the title ''The Turning Point''.<ref name=":0" />
In 1942, they started a series of introductory volumes designed to be authoritative introductions, in the paperback format, to various modern scientific fields. The board of editors included [[Alvin Saunders Johnson|Alvin Johnson]], director of the New School for Social Research; [[Harlow Shapley]] of Harvard University, and [[Alfred E. Cohn]] of the Rockefeller Institute.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1942 |title=Personal |journal=The American Journal of Sociology |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=250}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York City]]
[[Category
ublishing companies established in 1942]]
[[Category:Exilliteratur writers]]
Okumaya devam et...
The '''L. B. Fischer Publishing Corporation''' was an American publisher founded in 1942 by [[Gottfried Fischer|Gottfried B. Fischer]] and Fritz Landshoff. The full name of the firm was Landshoff Bermann Fischer Publishing.
== Foundation ==
Fischer and Landshoff, both exiles from Fascist Germany, had moved to New York City in 1941 and established their company in order to publish literary fictionand non-fiction by young writers. Special emphasis was placed on English translations of German writers who had emigrated. Fischer had been associated with the prestigious [[S. Fischer Verlag]], and Landshoff with [[Emanuel Querido|Querido]] publishers in Amsterdam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Gottfried Bermann |first=Fischer |title=Bedroht - Bewahrt. Weg eines Verlegers |date=1967 |publisher=S. Fischer Verlag |location=Frankfurt "*****" Main |pages=229 |language=de}}</ref>
== Significant publications ==
The first years saw significant publications like ''The American Harvest'', an anthology including writers [[Willa Cather]], [[Katherine Anne Porter]], and [[E. E. Cummings|E.E. Cummings]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kronenberger |first=Louis |date=November 28, 1942 |title=American letters: A restricted view |journal=The Nation |volume=155 |issue=22 |pages=592}}</ref> [[Edwin Seaver]] edited an annual series called ''Cross Section'', discovering for the first time writers like [[Norman Mailer]], [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]], [[Arthur Miller]], and [[Tennessee Williams]]. Klaus Man nand Hermann Kesten edited an anthology of German writing in English translation under the title ''The Turning Point''.<ref name=":0" />
In 1942, they started a series of introductory volumes designed to be authoritative introductions, in the paperback format, to various modern scientific fields. The board of editors included [[Alvin Saunders Johnson|Alvin Johnson]], director of the New School for Social Research; [[Harlow Shapley]] of Harvard University, and [[Alfred E. Cohn]] of the Rockefeller Institute.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1942 |title=Personal |journal=The American Journal of Sociology |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=250}}</ref>
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York City]]
[[Category
ublishing companies established in 1942]][[Category:Exilliteratur writers]]
Okumaya devam et...