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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 4.0
The Sea Wind 赵德发 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Set in Matisuo on the coast of the Yellow Sea, in port cities such as Qingdao, Shanghai and Dalian, and on the vast ocean, The Great Sea Wind chronicl…
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Rating 4.0
The Wasted Years Ye Xin Writers Publishing House · 2026 The work depicts a group of Shanghai sent-down youth who settle in a remote mountain area of Guizhou in the 1970s. With the fates of Ke Bizhou and Du …
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Rating 4.0
A History of Chinese Go 何云波 / 杨烁 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A General History of Chinese Go is an accessible introduction to the origins, development, and cultural transmission of Go in China. Using illustratio…
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Rating 4.0
Dusk Beginning at Noon 胡学文 Writers Publishing House · 2026 With a steady, austere touch that never loses its warmth, Hu Xuewen roots himself in rural China and brings into literature those "small people" swept…
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Rating 4.0
Trance State 陈楸帆 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Chen Qiufan's novella and short story collection *The State of Trance* is one volume in the "New Forces in Chinese Literature" series. The series aims…
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Complete Works of One Hundred Tang and Song Ci Poets, Volume 6: Eleven Poets Including Lu You and Zhang Xiaoxiang Zhong Shuhe Writers Publishing House · 2026 Volume 6 of The Complete Ci of the Hundred Masters of the Tang and Song, edited by the renowned publisher and scholar Zhong Shuhe, is a systematic ant…
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Rating 4.0
Soong Mei-ling: An Illustrated Biography 师永刚 / 林博文 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Soong Mei-ling is a pivotal figure linking the Chiang, Soong, and Kung families, evoking money, politics, power, and love. This book features over 200…
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Rating 4.0
Selected Russian Poems (Volume One) 顾蕴璞 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 Writers Publishing House · 2026 As part of the Classic Poetry Library of Countries along the Belt and Road, this popular anthology of Russian poetry brings together eighty major Russ…
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Rating 4.0
Selected Essays of Tang Shijie (Complete 3 Volumes) 汤世杰 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Handpicked by Tang Shijie himself, these previously scattered essays, gathered from books, newspapers, and magazines, have been carefully arranged int…
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Rating 4.0
Fangweng of Heaven and Earth: A Biography of Lu You 陆春祥 Writers Publishing House · 2026 With reliable historical facts, vivid details, a flowing and evocative style, and the expressive power to recreate historical scenes, author Lu Chunxi…
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Rating 4.0
Selected Russian Poems (Volume Two) 顾蕴璞 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 Writers Publishing House · 2026 As a popular anthology of Russian poetry, Russian Poetry in the Classic Poetry Library of Belt and Road Countries includes eighty renowned Russian poe…
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Rating 4.0
Setting Sun in Baghdad 弋舟 Writers Publishing House · 2026 When her parents' marriage fell apart, Cong Hao, a girl from the north, developed a deep-seated aversion to men's "sleaziness." Into her life comes Zh…
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Rating 4.0
Water Floods the Blue Bridge 杨知寒 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Yang Zhihan's collection of novellas and short stories, Water Over the Blue Bridge, is one volume in the "New Forces in Chinese Literature" series. Th…
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Rating 4.0
Ledaoyuan 衣向东 / 王威 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Seven-year-old Camilo witnesses the murder of his parents by Japanese soldiers, and the once lively, cheerful boy becomes sensitive and neurotic. Afte…
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Mournful Wind in the Bamboo Grove: A Biography of Ji Kang 陈书良 Writers Publishing House · 2026 "Wei-Jin elegance," "the free spirit of famous scholars," "the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove," "the final echoes of Guangling"... Do these phrases s…
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Ah, the Gunshots of the Solon Valley 刘兆林 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Gunshots in the Soren River Valley is a novella by the famous writer Liu Zhaolin. Plain and unadorned, intimate and moving, it won the National Excell…
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Rating 4.0
Complete Works of One Hundred Tang and Song Ci Poets, Volume 9 Zhong Shuhe Writers Publishing House · 2026 Ci poetry arose in the Tang, flourished in the Five Dynasties, and ultimately became the "literature of an age" in the Song. As "the surplus of shi," …
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Rating 4.0
Like a Dream: A Biography of Li Qingzhao 赵柏田 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Studies of Li Qingzhao's poetry are legion, yet remarkably few venture beyond the record of her life; her career was singularly rich, and so her life …
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Whale Waves in the Su Sea: A Biography of Su Dongpo 蒋蓝 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The author of this book, Jiang Lan, is a writer with rich creative experience and considerable literary achievements. He loves Su Dongpo, has read Don…
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The Defeated General in Politics: A True Record of Stilwell in the China Theater Chaozhu Wang Writers Publishing House · 2026 Through Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, this book recounts the tragic drama played out over General Stilwell's nearly two years and eight mon…

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)