History
Adelphi Edizioni S.p.A. was founded in 1962 by Luciano Foà, Roberto Bazlen, Alberto Zevi and Roberto Olivetti.[1] Among the main collaborators were Giorgio Colli, Sergio Solmi, Claudio Rugafiori, Franco Volpi, Giuseppe Pontiggia and Roberto Calasso.[1]
The name was inspired by the Greek word adelphi (ἀδελφοί), which means "brothers" or "companions" and refers to the first group of people who started the adventure of the publishing house.[2]
The first book published by the company was The Other Side by Alfred Kubin. Adelphi has published works by several famous Italian and international authors and a literary magazine called Adelphiana. Roberto Calasso worked at Adelphi Edizioni since 1962.[3] He became the majority owner of Adelphi circa 2015.
Adephi started by publishing a critical edition of Nietzsche in collaboration with Éditions Gallimard and Walter de Gruyter that the established Italian publisher Giulio Einaudi editore had declined to take on.[4]
Adelphi has been associated with promoting Middle-European culture from the 1970s onwards [4][5] and published works by contemporary authors that had not received recognition elsewhere.[5][6]
In 2016, RCS Media Group sold its division RCS Libri and the underlying subsidiaries, however, excluding 58% shares of Adelphi Edizioni.[7] The shares was sold to Roberto Calasso instead.[8]
After the death of Calasso in 2021, Teresa Cremisi has been designate as new president and Roberto Colajanni as new CEO and Editorial Director.[9]
