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Writers Publishing House

Also known as: 作家, 作家出版社有限公司

Founded
1953
Country / Region
China
Notable books
MacbethDream of the Red ChamberDream of the Red Chamber (Volumes 1 and 2)

1095 books 929 authors

About the publisher

Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.

Published (1095)

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Rating 3.7
How to Write a Biography 贾英华 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book distills Jia Yinghua's years of experience and lessons in writing biographies. Drawing on his own works as examples, he explores various app…
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Rating 3.7
Peach Blossom Village Wang Yao Writers Publishing House · 2026 Set against the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the novel reaches back to the Revolution of 1911 and extends into the War of Liberation…
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Rating 3.7
The Game of Gods 李唐 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Game of God: A thirteen-year-old boy suffering bullying meets a mysterious poet and embarks on an unforgettable stint as a "poetry-drama actor"; T…
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Rating 3.7
The Ups and Downs of Life: Ouyang Xiu 何楚涵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Rise and Fall: Ouyang Xiu is based on the author's talks shared with a national audience on Lecture Room, vetted by experts and warmly received by the…
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Rating 3.7
Selected Poems of Albania (Volume One) 郑恩波 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This anthology spans the full sweep of classic Albanian poetry from ancient times to the present. It brings together classic poems from five historica…
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Rating 3.7
Nomadism in the Realm of Art 杨肖 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A panoramic presentation of the painter Yang Gang's life and artistic trajectory. It introduces his family environment and lays out the ground of his …
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Rating 3.7
Selected Fine Works of Ethnic Literature (2018-2022): Poetry Volume 石一宁 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book collects all the poetry that won the Ethnic Literature Annual Award from 2018 to 2022, along with some poems from the "Ganmo Aniu" writing c…
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Lin Huiyin: Her, Writ Large 李传玺 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Based on extensive archival research, this biography of Lin Huiyin restores the true image of this remarkable woman of the Republican era through thre…
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Rating 3.7
Collected Works of Tie Yang: Novellas and Short Stories, The Story of Beauty 铁扬 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A Beautiful Story is a collection of short stories and novellas by Tie Yang based on stories and characters from his hometown. Most of these memories …
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Rating 3.7
Fragrance 王斌 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Wang Bin, screenwriter of Zhang Yimou's films, makes his debut in fiction with this urban love story; a film of the same name, starring Korean idol Pa…
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Rating 3.7
Dream of the Western Chamber: A Biography of Wang Shifu 叶梅 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Verifiable source material on Wang Shifu is extremely scarce, and the sporadic mentions in Yuan, Ming, and Qing notebooks and miscellaneous writings o…
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Rating 3.7
Youth Is So Beautiful, Never Say Goodbye: Selected Essays of Guo Baolin 郭保林 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection of selected essays by Guo Baolin gathers more than 40 of his finest pieces, many of which have appeared in Chinese-language textbooks …
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Rating 3.7
New China, New Classics 付秀莹 / 宋嵩 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over seventy years ago, our country has undergone earth-shaking changes in politics, economy, cul…
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Rating 3.7
Selected Poems of Albania (Volume Two) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This volume gathers classic Albanian poetry from ancient times to the present. It comprises classic poems from five historical periods—before the nine…
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Rating 3.7
The Sorrow of Marriage Ye Xin Writers Publishing House · 2026 Marriage Wounds is a novel that probes the marital and romantic dilemmas of contemporary life. Starting from the depths of human nature, the author po…
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Rating 3.7
The Monkey Show Troupe 张忠诚 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Among the crowds heading into the Northeast, the boy Hei Que is like a lone bird in flight: he does not know his parents, has no relatives, does not k…
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Rating 3.7
Golden Banks of the Yellow River 艾克拜尔·米吉提 / 裔兆宏 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Yellow River Golden Shore tells the story of the Yellow River, the "mother river" of the Chinese nation, and of the Yellow River basin as the cradle o…
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Rating 3.6
Selected Poems of Egypt 齐明敏 / 李世峻 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Egypt: Selected Poems gathers fifty poems by forty-five poets active in modern and contemporary Egyptian literary circles. The selections vary widely …
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Rating 3.6
Stars on the Earth 北乔 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Stars on Earth collects 258 poems by the poet Bei Qiao, all recently written. Taking time as his order, Bei Qiao returns in these poems to the pla…
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Rating 3.6
Across Prefectures and Cities: Selected Works of Zhe Gui 黄哲贵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Crossing States and Prefectures: Selected Stories of Zhe Gui is one of the "Ten Zhejiang Novelists" series launched by the Zhejiang Writers Associatio…

Frequent authors

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