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| Parent company | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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| Founded | 1956 |
| Founder | Lawrence Hill and Arthur Wang |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Headquarters location | 19Union Square West,New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | Hill & Wang |
Hill & Wang is an Americanbook publishing company focused onAmerican history, world history, and politics. It is a division ofFarrar, Straus and Giroux.
Hill & Wang was founded as an independent publishing house in 1956 by Arthur W. Wang (1918–2005)[1] and Lawrence Hill (1912–1988),[2] who were both working atA. A. Wyn. They bought backlist books from Wyn and started Dramabooks,[3] publishing plays intrade paperback, then a new format. The series includedJean Cocteau,Arthur L. Kopit andLanford Wilson. In 1959, Arthur Wang acquiredElie Wiesel'sHolocaust memoir,Night, which had been turned down by several English-language publishers, publishing it in 1960. They continued to build the Hill & Wang list to include such authors asRoland Barthes,Langston Hughes, and American historiansStanley Kutler andWilliam Cronon.[4]
In 1971, the two sold Hill & Wang toFarrar, Straus and Giroux,[5] and the imprint continues to be recognized for its high quality nonfiction. More recently, it has published authors such asCass Sunstein,Philip Gura,John Allen Paulos,Melvyn Leffler,Thomas Bender,William Poundstone,Woody Holton, andEric Rauchway.
The imprint also launched a graphic line, "Novel Graphics," when it published agraphic adaptation of the9/11 Commission Report bySid Jacobson andErnie Colón. It has since published severalgraphic biographies and works ofgraphic journalism, and a graphic adaptation of theUnited States Constitution.
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