Parent company | Random House |
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Founded | 1931 |
Founder | Salman Schocken |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City |
Distribution | Penguin Random House |
Publication types | Books |
Official website | schocken |
Schocken Books is a publishing company originally established in Berlin as Schocken Verlag.
Schocken Books was founded in 1931 by Schocken Department Store owner Salman Schocken. Schocken has published the writings of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka and S. Y. Agnon, among others.[1]
After being shut down by the Germans in 1939, Schocken, who immigrated from Germany to Palestine in 1934, founded the Hebrew-language Schocken Publishing House in Mandatory Palestine. Schocken moved to the U.S. in 1940. In 1945 he founded the English-language Schocken Books in New York City. In 1987 it was bought up by Random House. Schocken Books continues to publish Jewish literary works.
Franz Kafka[edit]
Walter Benjamin[edit]
Gershom Scholem[edit]
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Hannah Arendt[edit]
Elie Wiesel[edit]
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