Foreign Languages Publishing House (Bucharest)

Romania's state publisher of foreign-language material, the counterpart of the houses in Moscow, Hanoi and Sofia. A 1958–59 chronology from the Romanian Academy's literary institute records its books in French, English, German, Russian, Italian and Spanish, and even in Bengali, Tamil and Telugu. It operated from 1950 to about 1962. It began within the post-1948 system of state publishers — the philosopher Mihai Șora worked there before becoming editor-in-chief of the main state literary publisher in the late 1950s — and ended around 1962, when Romania's foreign-language output was reorganised: the main literary publisher was split in 1960, creating Editura Meridiane (art and tourism books for foreign readers), and a four-language literary review for foreign audiences was run separately from 1962. The closing year is approximate, and what became of this house is not recorded; library catalogue records show its imprints from 1956 to 1960.

Years

1950–1962

Location

Bucharest, Romania

Also known as

Editura în limbi străine · Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Rumanian Institute for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Languages

French, English, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu

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