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| Parent company | Harvard University |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 13, 1913; 112 years ago (1913-01-13) |
| Country of origin | United States 42°22′58.8″N71°7′37.3″W / 42.383000°N 71.127028°W /42.383000; -71.127028 |
| Headquarters location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Distribution | TriLiteral (United States) John Wiley & Sons (international)[1] |
| Key people | George Andreou (Director) |
| Publication types | Academic publishing |
| Imprints | Belknap |
| Official website | www |

Harvard University Press (HUP) is anacademic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division ofHarvard University.[2] It is a member of theAssociation of University Presses.[3] Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.[4]
The press maintains offices inCambridge, Massachusetts, nearHarvard Square, and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC withMIT Press andYale University Press.[5] TriLiteral was sold toLSC Communications in 2018.[6]
Notable authors published by HUP includeEudora Welty,Walter Benjamin,E. O. Wilson,John Rawls,Emily Dickinson,Stephen Jay Gould,Helen Vendler,Carol Gilligan,Amartya Sen,David Blight,Martha Nussbaum, andThomas Piketty.[citation needed]
The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.[7]
HUP owns the Belknap Pressimprint, which it inaugurated in May 1954 with the publication of theHarvard Guide to American History.[8] TheJohn Harvard Library bookseries is published under the Belknap imprint, which was established through an endowment from the estate of art historian and Harvard alumnusWaldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.
Harvard University Press distributes theLoeb Classical Library and is the publisher of theI Tatti Renaissance Library, theDumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and theMurty Classical Library of India.
It is distinct fromHarvard Business Press, which is part ofHarvard Business Publishing, and the independentHarvard Common Press.
Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act byJoe Roman, published in 2011,[9] received the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.[10]