- Viking Press
Viking Press is an American
publishing company currently owned byPenguin Books . It was founded inNew York City onMarch 1 ,1925 byHarold K. Guinzburg andGeorge S. Oppenheim . The firm's name and logo –- aViking ship drawn byRockwell Kent -– were meant to evoke the ideas of exploration and enterprise implied by the word "Viking ".The house has been home to many prominent authors of fiction, non-fiction, and play scripts. Viking authors have received five Nobel Prizes for Literature and one
Nobel Peace Prize ; their books have won numerousPulitzer Prizes ,National Book Award s, and other important literary prizes.Viking currently publishes approximately 100 books a year. It is notable for publishing both successful commercial fiction and acclaimed literary fiction and non-fiction. Viking's paperbacks are published by Penguin Books. Viking's current president is
Clare Ferraro .The Viking Children's Book department was established in 1933; its founding editor was
May Massee . Its books have won the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and include such perennial favorites as "Corduroy", "Make Way for Ducklings ", " The Outsiders", "Pippi Longstocking ", and "The Story of Ferdinand ". Its paperbacks are published byPuffin Books , which includes theSpeak and Firebird imprints. Viking Children's current president and publisher isRegina Hayes .External links
* [http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/adult/viking.html Viking Press history]
* [http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/youngreaders/vikingyr.html Viking Children's Books history]
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