Frederick Ungar Publishing Company
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Founder | Frederick "Fritz" Ungar |
| Defunct | 1985 |
| Fate | Purchased by Continuum International Publishing Group |
| Headquarters | New York , United States |
| Products | Books, reference materials, translations |
Frederick Ungar Publishing Company was a publishing house located in New York, established in 1940 and later purchased by Continuum International Publishing Group in 1985.
History
Throughout its operation, the company issued more than 2,000 publications, featuring important reference materials such as the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, alongside a wide range of works focused on literature and film. It produced upwards of 200 translated editions of notable writers including Thomas Mann—especially his Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen (1918)—as well as Erich Fromm and Goethe, thereby greatly enhancing their visibility within the American market.
The business became part of Continuum Publishing Company in 1985.
Frederick "Fritz" Ungar
Frederick "Fritz" Ungar, originally named Friedrich Ungar, launched his career in publishing in 1922 by co-founding Phaidon Verlag (which later became Phaidon Press) and Saturn Verlag in Vienna. After escaping Nazi-occupied Austria, he moved to New York in 1939 and founded the Frederick Ungar Publishing Company a year later. He died in 1988.
Book series
- American Classics
- Atlantic Paperbacks
- College Translations
- A Library of Literary Criticism
- Literature and Life: American Writers
- Literature and Life: British Writers
- Literature and Life: Mystery Writers
- The Literatures of the World in English Translation: A Bibliography
- Medical Viewpoint Series
- Milestones of Thought
- Milestones of Thought in the History of Ideas
- Modern Film Scripts
- Modern Literature Monographs
- Renaissance Text Series
- RKO Classic Screenplays
- Ungar Film Library
- Ungar Paperbacks
- Ungar Writers' Recognitions Series
- World Dramatists
External links
- Frederick Ungar Papers, 1931-1989 housed at the M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, State University of New York
- Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. featured within the Database – Jewish Publishers of German Literature in Exile, 1933-1945 (Leo Baeck Institute)