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Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is a New York publishing house, founded by Alfred A. Knopf in 1915. The City of New York Alfred A Knopf ( September 12, 1892 &ndash August 11, 1984) was a leading American Publisher of the 20th century founder Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was acquired by Random House in 1960 and is now part of the Knopf Publishing Group at Random House. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The publishing house is known for its borzoi trademark (shown at right). The Borzoi is a breed of Domestic dog ( canis lupus familiaris) Many of its hardcover books later appear as Vintage paperbacks. Vintage Books was founded in 1954 by Alfred A Knopf as a trade Paperback home for its authors Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. Vintage is a sister imprint under the Knopf Publishing Group.

A prominent publisher of distinguished hardcover fiction and nonfiction, Knopf's list of authors includes John Banville, Carl Bernstein, Robert Caro, Willa Cather, John Cheever, Julia Child, Michael Crichton, Bill Clinton, Joan Didion, Fernanda Eberstadt, Bret Easton Ellis, Kazuo Ishiguro, Thomas Kean, John Keegan, Lee H. Hamilton, Carl Hiaasen, Thomas Mann, Gabriel García Márquez, Ian McEwan, P. D. Ouspensky, Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, Christopher Paolini, Henry Petroski, Anne Rice, Susan Swan, Donna Tartt, Anne Tyler, Nancy Tyler, John Updike, Andrew Vachss and James D. Watson. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. John Banville (born 1945 is an Irish Novelist and Journalist. Carl Bernstein (pronounced BERN-steen ˈbɜrnstiːn (born February 14, 1944) is an American journalist who as a reporter for The Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a Biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses Willa Sibert Cather ( December 7, 1873 &ndash April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer Julia Child (born Julia Carolyn McWilliams August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook, Author John Michael Crichton, ˈkraɪtən, (born October 23 1942 is an American author Film producer, Film director, Medical doctor, and Television producer William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to Fernanda Eberstadt (born 1960 in New York City) is an American Writer. Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles California) is an American author. Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ ( Kazuo Ishiguro) or ja 石黒 一雄 ( Ishiguro Kazuo) born November 8, 1954) is a British Thomas Howard Kean (born April 21, 1935 in New York City) is an American Republican Party Politician, who served as the Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE (born 15 May, 1934) is a British Military historian, lecturer and journalist Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20 1931) the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, currently serves on the President 's Homeland Carl Hiaasen (ˈhaɪəsɛn (born March 12, 1953) is an American Journalist and Novelist. Paul Thomas Mann ( June Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Ian McEwan, CBE, FRSA, FRSL, (born June 21, 1948) is a Booker Prize -winning English Novelist Peter D Ouspensky ( March 4, 1878 – October 2, 1947) ( Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii or Uspensky Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy (born July 20, 1933 in Providence Rhode Island) is an American Novelist and Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931 is a Nobel Prize -winning American author editor and professor Alice Ann Munro ( Née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer and three-time winner of Canada's is a popular contemporary Japanese Writer and Translator. His work has been described by the Virginia Quarterly Review as "easily accessible Christopher Paolini (born November 17 1983 in Southern California) is an American writer Henry Petroski is an American Civil engineering professor at Duke University where he specializes in Failure analysis. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American Author of gothic and religious-themed Susan Swan (born June 9, 1945) is a Canadian Author. Born in Midland, Ontario, she studied at McGill University Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels The Secret History Anne Tyler (born October 25, 1941) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning U John Hoyer Updike (born March 18 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American Novelist, Poet, Short story Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American Crime fiction Author, child protection consultant and Attorney exclusively representing

Since its founding Knopf has paid close attention to design and typography, employing some of the United States' most recognized book designers and typographers including, Carol Devine Carson, William Addison Dwiggins, Steven Heller, Chip Kidd, Bruce Rogers, Rudolf Ruzicka, and Beatrice Warde. Typography is the art and techniques of arranging type, Type design, and modifying type Glyphs Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety William Addison Dwiggins ( June 19 1880 Martinsville Ohio - December 25 1956 Hingham Massachusetts) was a U Steven Heller, (b 1950 American Art director, Journalist, Critic, Author and editor who specializes on Graphic Chip Kidd (born September 12 1964 is an American Author, editor, and Graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers Bruce Rogers ( May 14, 1870 - May 18, 1957) was an American Typographer born in Lafayette Indiana. Rudolph Ruzicka (1883–1978 prominent Czech-born American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer and book designer Beatrice Warde ( 20 September 1900 — 16 September 1969, née Beatrice Becker) was a communicator on Typography.

In 1991, the Knopf group revived the "Everyman's Library" series, originally published in England in the early twentieth century. Everyman's Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published by Alfred A This series consists of classics of world literature in affordable hardcover editions. The series has grown over the years to include lines of Children's Classics and Pocket Poets.

External links

• The Borzoi Reader Online - Knopf's official website
• The Knopf Speakers Bureau - Knopf's Lecture Bureau
• Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records, 1873-1996 at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin