Europa Editions

Europa Editions is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and high-end crime fiction. The company was founded in 2005 by the owners of the Italian press Edizioni E/O.

Europa Editions
Founded2005
FounderSandro Ferri (editorial director)
Sandra Ozzola Ferri (president)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
DistributionPublishers Group West (US)[1]
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)
Key peopleMichael Reynolds (editor-in-chief)
Kent Carroll (publisher-at-large)
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresLiterary fiction, general fiction, non-fiction, crime
ImprintsTonga Books, Europa World Noir
Official websitewww.europaeditions.com

In its first ten years, Europa has published books by authors from 26 countries, making it one of the leading US publishers of fiction in translation.[2] In a 2013 interview, Sandro Ferri said the company was "born with the intention to create bridges between cultures."[3] The company publishes about 35 titles per year.[4] Among authors the company has published, Europa counts two ABA IndieBound bestsellers, two New York Times bestsellers, three Booker Prize-shortlisted novels, five New York Times Editors' Picks, two New York Times Notable Books of the Year, two Goncourt Prize winners, one German Book Prize winner,[5] and two winners of the Strega Prize for Fiction.[6] In 2013, the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association awarded Europa Editions its Paperback Book of the Year award.[7]

Notable successes

Europa's first publication, 2005's The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante (acquired by Sandra Ozzola and translated by Ann Goldstein), was compared favorably to Anna Karenina in the New York Times and became an Indie Bestseller.[8] Other notable successes at Europa include Muriel Barbery's The Elegance of the Hedgehog (translated by Alison Anderson), which spent over a year on the New York Times and IndieBound bestseller lists;[9] Jane Gardam's Old Filth, named a notable book of the year by the New York Times;[10] Alina Bronsky's The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine (translated by Tim Mohr), a Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and San Francisco Chronicle favorite read of the year in 2011;,[11] Steve Erickson's Zeroville (a best book of the year pick by the National Book Critics Circle); and Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, which James Wood in The New Yorker described as, "intensely, violently personal."[12]

Physical design

Europa Editions publications gives all its titles a uniform look, with French flaps, a consistent font on the book spines, and the publisher's stork logo on the front of each volume. The covers of Europa's titles are all created by a single designer — Emanuele Ragnisco, owner and director of Rome-based Mekkanografici — and are the fruit of a comprehensive design project developed by Ragnisco and owners Sandro Ferri and Sandra Ozzola.

Tonga Books

In 2011, Europa Editions launched the Tonga imprint, in collaboration with American author Alice Sebold, who chose and edited three works of fiction.[13] The first publication from Tonga Books was Alexander Maksik's debut novel You Deserve Nothing, about a relationship between a teacher at an international school in Paris and one of his students. You Deserve Nothing was described by the New York Times as "rivetingly plotted and beautifully written."[14] The Christian Science Monitor said Maksik's writing was "reminiscent of James Salter's in its sensuality, Francine Prose's capacious inquiry into difficult moral questions and Martin Amis's loose-limbed evocation of the perils of youth."[15]

Europa World Noir

In 2013, Europa Editions launched its series of international crime fiction, Europa World Noir. Publishers Weekly wrote that the series signaled Europa's “reaffirmed enthusiasm for noir.”[16] Notable titles in the series include Gene Kerrigan's Gold Dagger Award-winning The Rage, Jean-Claude Izzo’s Total Chaos, which launched the Mediterranean Noir movement, and the reissue of groundbreaking Scottish crime writer William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw books.

Europa Editions UK
Main article: Europa Editions UK

Europa Editions UK was founded in 2012. It was managed and directed by Eva Ferri and Christopher Potter.[17]

References
  1. "PGW to Distribute Europa Editions". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. "Europa Editions Finds Success Translating Literary Novels". Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  3. "Leggere:tutti interview". Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  4. "From Italy to NYC: Europa Editions Translates Success". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  5. "Katherina Hacker". Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  6. Kathryn Longenbach (2012-07-23). "Three Percent: 2012 Primo Strega". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25.
  7. "NAIBA Book of the Year Award". naiba.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  8. "The New York Times: A Scorned Wife's Bumpy Road of Raging Self-Awareness". Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  9. "Hedgehog ranks fourth in the paperback fiction bestsellers".
  10. "100 Notable Books of the Year". Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  11. "The Wall Street Journal: 12 Months of Reading". Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  12. "The New Yorker: Women on the Verge". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  13. "Tonga Books". Penguin.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.
  14. "The New York Times: You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25.
  15. Susan Salter Reynolds (2011-09-10). "You Deserve Nothing". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  16. "Publishers Weekly: Europa Editions Goes Global with World Noir Imprint". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  17. "Christopher Potter returns to lead Europa Editions' London base | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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