Sovetsky Pisatel (‹ThetemplateLang-rus is beingconsidered for deletion.› Russian:Советский писатель,romanized:Sovetskij pisatel, lit. "Soviet Writer") is a Soviet and Russianbook publisher headquartered inMoscow, Russia. It focused on releasing the new works of Soviet authors. It was established in 1934, since 1938 served as the publisher for theUnion of Soviet Writers, in 1992 it was turned into a commercial organization, owned by Arseny Larionov.
The company was founded by the Union of Soviet Writers' organising committee prior to theFirst Сongress of the Soviet Writers in 1933. It was then calledSovetskaya Literatura (Советская литература, "Soviet Literature"). Sovetsky Pisatel was the result of a merger between Sovetskaya Literatura and two Soviet publishing companies —Moscow Writers Partnership (‹ThetemplateLang-rus is beingconsidered for deletion.› Russian:Московское товарищество писателей,romanized:Moskovskoe tovarishhestvo pisatelej) and Writers' Publishing House in Leningrad (‹ThetemplateLang-rus is beingconsidered for deletion.› Russian:Издательство писателей в Ленинграде,romanized:Izdatelstvo pisatelej v Leningrade)—in 1934.[1] The first books under that title were published after the First Сongress of the Soviet Writers in November 1934.
The company had offices in Moscow andLeningrad. In Soviet era the publisher released about 500 titles a year, 40% of which were foreign books translated from thelanguages of the Soviet Union.[2] Since 1938 it was controlled and operated by the Union of Soviet Writers.
With thedissolution of the Soviet Union the Union of Soviet Writers ceased to exist. The Leningrad department of Sovetsky Pisatel ceased operations in 1992. The Moscow department was transformed into alimited liability company, and another book publishing company Sovremenniy Pisatel (‹ThetemplateLang-rus is beingconsidered for deletion.› Russian:Современный писатель,romanized:Sovremennyj pisatel, lit. "a contemporary writer") was established on its basis, but it was later renamed back to Sovetsky Pisatel.
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