| Founded | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Luciano Foà and Roberto Olivetti |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Headquarters location | Milan |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www.adelphi.it |
Adelphi Edizioni S.p.A. is an Italian publishing house whose headquarters are in 14, via S. Giovanni sul Muro, Milan, Italy.
Adelphi Edizioni was founded in 1962 by Luciano Foà and Roberto Olivetti. Contributors have included Roberto Bazlen, Giorgio Colli, Sergio Solmi, Claudio Rugafiori and Roberto Calasso, the last of whom became editorial director. Since 2001 the company has published the literary magazine Adelphiana, whose articles are available online [1]. Currently (in 2006), 48% of Adelphi is owned by Rcs MediaGroup (the publisher of Corriere della Sera).
The publishing house is known for introducing to the Italian reading public notably demanding works of literature and philosophy in translation, and has paid a particular attention to Middle-European culture.
Foreign authors published include: Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Walser, Max Stirner, Georges Simenon, Vladimir Nabokov, William Somerset Maugham, Georges Dumézil, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, René Guénon, Ernst Jünger, Carl Schmitt, Oswald Spengler, Gottfried Benn, René Daumal, Jack London, Jorge Luis Borges, Joseph Roth, Elias Canetti, Oliver Sacks, Mordecai Richler, Thomas Bernhard, Bruce Chatwin and Milan Kundera. Italian authors include Roberto Calasso, Leonardo Sciascia, Benedetto Croce, Mario Brelich, Tommaso Landolfi, Goffredo Parise, Ennio Flaiano, Giorgio Manganelli, Alberto Savinio, Giorgio Colli, Cristina Campo, Anna Maria Ortese, Benedetta Craveri, and Salvatore Niffoi (winner of the 2006 Premio Strega).