Shanghai Culture Publishing House
Also known as: 上海文化, 上海文化出版
- Founded
- 1955
- Country / Region
- China
- Notable books
- The Birth of TragedyHomeric Epics (8 Volumes)On War
About the publisher
Shanghai Culture Publishing House focuses on practical living and popular culture, while also building a concentrated list in adjacent knowledge areas such as foreign literature, Western philosophy, military studies, and politics. Representative titles in the library include Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and The World as Will and Representation; Goethe's Faust; the Homeric epics (8 volumes); and Carl von Clausewitz's On War, along with Flatland. In terms of translators and authors, Chen Zhongmei, Tian Linian, Qi Jiafu, and Ruan Huishan have contributed to related titles. The press is characterized by connecting classic texts with the reading needs of a general audience, balancing cultural accumulation with knowledge popularization. Given limited public information, this description emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the library's books.
Frequent authors
Friedrich Nietzsche (5)Dmitry Glukhovsky (4)Wan Qiao (4)闻人可轻 (4)Nanpai Sanshu (Xu Lei) (3)呦呦鹿鸣 (3)Edwin A. Abbott (3)朱良 (3)Li Ao (3)野榈 (3)关军 (2)刘世东 (2)