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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 Chamber (Volumes 1 and 2)Dream of the Red Chamber

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)

Selected Poems of Tagore cover
Rating 4.6
Selected Poems of Tagore Rabindranath Tagore / Zheng Zhenduo Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a poetry collection. Selected Poems of Tagore brings together two of his most influential works, Stray Birds and The Crescent Moon, along with…
Yu Dafu's Prose (Writers' Prose Collection) cover
Rating 4.6
Yu Dafu's Prose (Writers' Prose Collection) Yu Dafu Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection brings together Yu Dafu's most representative essays, including "Autumn in the Old Capital," "Winter Scenes in Jiangnan," "Remembering…
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Rating 4.6
A Problem That Is No Problem Lao She Writers Publishing House · 2026 Written in 1942, The Problem That Is No Problem tells the story of the different management outcomes produced by successive managers of the Shuhua Far…
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Rating 4.6
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde / 孟洁冰 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Written in 1890 and set in Victorian London, *The Picture of Dorian Gray* tells the story of the handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray, whose portrait…
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Rating 4.5
A History of Chinese Painting 陈师曾 / 金匠 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book is a newly upgraded edition of the classic A History of Chinese Painting by the renowned artist, art historian, and educator Chen Shizeng, a…
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Rating 4.5
The Wizard of Oz Lyman Frank Baum / 吕有萍 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an adventure that belongs to children. Like Odysseus on his journey home, Dorothy's adventure is also a quest to return …
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Rating 4.5
The Ice Necklace Cao Wenxuan Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection features six representative novellas by Cao Wenxuan: "Huiwa's Highland," "Maizi's Howl," "Little Tail," "Osmanthus Rain," "The Ice Nec…
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Rating 4.5
The Biography of Niu Tianci Lao She Writers Publishing House · 2026 *The Story of Niu Tianci* is a novel of considerable style among Lao She’s works. In *The Story of Niu Tianci*, Lao She depicts a child’s growing up w…
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Rating 4.5
Ripples Across Stagnant Water Li Jieren Writers Publishing House · 2026 Ripples Across Stagnant Water is a novel Li Jieren wrote in 1935, first published in July 1936. It tells of the loves, hatreds, and shifting fortunes …
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Rating 4.5
The Complete Short Stories of Anderson 舍伍德·安德森 / 王富 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Complete Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson comprises four collections—Winesburg, Ohio; The Triumph of the Egg; Death in the Woods; and Horses and…
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Rating 4.5
Greek Myths and Hero Legends Zheng Zhenduo Writers Publishing House · 2026 Greek Myths and Hero Legends is a collection of Greek myths and hero tales compiled and translated by Zheng Zhenduo, a renowned modern Chinese writer …
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Rating 4.4
A History of the Chinese Qin 朱长文 / 履公 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Qin Shi (History of the Qin) by Zhu Changwen of the Song Dynasty is the earliest extant monograph devoted to the history of the seven-stringed qin…
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Rating 4.4
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) / 严蓓雯 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck, a white boy of thirteen or fourteen, who runs away from home to escape the discipline of t…
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Rating 4.3
Flying Low (Winner of the 9th Lu Xun Literary Prize) 王计兵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Living "down low," flying far away. Each ordinary life situated in the "low places" of society throws itself into life with the speed and force of fli…
Selected Works of Zhang Xianliang: Fiction Volume cover
Rating 4.3
Selected Works of Zhang Xianliang: Fiction Volume Zhang Xianliang Writers Publishing House · 2026 Half of Man Is Woman traces the emotional and spiritual entanglement between "I" and "her," who meet in a labor reform camp during the Cultural Revolu…
Lao She's Prose (Writers' Prose Collection) cover
Rating 4.3
Lao She's Prose (Writers' Prose Collection) Lao She Writers Publishing House · 2026 Selected Essays by Lao She is a curated collection of more than sixty of his finest essays, including such well-known representative pieces as "Winter…
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Rating 4.3
The Glory of Youth 李东华 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a coming-of-age novel by Li Donghua, full of toughness and warmth—a war novel that reflects deeply and shines with humanity. It tells of eleve…
Zhou Ruchang on Classical Chinese Poetry (Volume One) cover
Rating 4.3
Zhou Ruchang on Classical Chinese Poetry (Volume One) Zhou Ruchang / 周伦玲 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Tang and Song poetry has come down to us across a thousand years, ever sung and never exhausted. Zhou Lao often says what others cannot say, truly ach…
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Rating 4.3
The Red Room 奥古斯特·斯特林堡 / 石琴娥 / 斯文 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Young Arvid Falk, son of a wealthy merchant, out of idealistic fervor gives up a comfortable life and a career in public office, determined to work fo…
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Rating 4.3
Selected Poems of Persia 沈一鸣 / 张鸿年 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋郎朗 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Persian Poetry Anthology is one volume in the Classic Poetry Library of Countries Along the Belt and Road (Series One). The book was compiled and expa…

Frequent authors

Zhao Zhenjiang (27)蒋朗朗 (20)宁琦 (18)刘征 (10)Qiong Yao (10)Huanzhulouzhu (Li Shoumin) (10)Zhong Shuhe (10)He Jianming (9)内蒙古翻译家协会 (9)张陵 (9)William Shakespeare (8)Cao Xueqin (8)