Schocken Books is a book

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that specializes in Jewish literary works. Originally established in 1931 by Salman Schocken as Schocken Verlag in

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, the company later moved to Palestine and then the United States, and was acquired by

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in 1987.

History

Schocken Books was founded in 1931 by Schocken Department Store owner Salman Schocken. Schocken has published the writings of

Martin Buber Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism ...

Franz Rosenzweig Franz Rosenzweig (, ; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1929) was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator. Early life and education Franz Rosenzweig was born in Kassel, Germany, to an affluent, minimally observant Jewish family. His f ...

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typ ...

and

S. Y. Agnon Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( he, שמואל יוסף עגנון; July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (). In English, his works are published und ...

, among others.Salman Schocken: Forefather of Haaretz Newspaper and a Modernist in Love With Tradition
/ref> 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

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. Schocken moved to the United States in 1940. In 1945 he founded the English-language Schocken Books in

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. In 1987 it was bought up by Random House. Schocken Books continues to publish Jewish literary works.

Selected English publications

Franz Kafka

* '' The Trial'' * '' The Castle'' * '' Amerika'' * '' The Diaries 1910-1923'' * '' Letters to Felice'' * '' Letters to Ottla'' * '' Letters to Milena'' * '' Letters to Family, Friends, and Editors'' * '' The Complete Stories'' * '' The Sons'' * '' The Penal Colony'' * ''

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'' * '' Dearest Father'' :Bilingual Editions * ''

The Metamorphosis ''Metamorphosis'' (german: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himsel ...

'' * '' Parables and Paradoxes'' * ''

Letter to His Father ''Letter to His Father'' (german: Brief an den Vater) is the name usually given to the letter Franz Kafka wrote to his father Hermann in November 1919, indicting Hermann for his emotionally abusive and hypocritical behavior towards his son. Kafk ...

Walter Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (; ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish ...

* ''Illuminations'' * ''Reflections''

Gershom Scholem

* ''Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' * ''The Messianic Idea in Judaism'' * ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead'' * ''On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism'' * ''Zohar: The Book of Splendor''

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

* ''The Promise of Politics'' * ''The Jewish Writings'' * ''Responsibility and Judgment'' * ''Essays in Understanding, 1930-1954'' * '' The Origins of Totalitarianism''

Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in F ...

* ''The Time of the Uprooted'' * ''Somewhere a Master'' * ''Wise Men and Their Tales'' * ''The Judges'' * ''Legends of Our Time'' * ''After the Darkness'' * ''And the Sea Is Never Full'' * ''The Testament'' * ''The Fifth Son'' * ''A Beggar in Jerusalem'' * ''All Rivers Run to the Sea'' * ''The Trial of God'' * ''

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'' * '' The Gates of the Forest'' * ''The Town Beyond the Wall'' * '' The Forgotten'' * ''From the Kingdom of Memory'' * '' The Oath'' * ''Rashi''

References

External links

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A Conversation about Schocken Books - Part I
- Katharine McNamara talks with Altie Karper.

- Katharine McNamara talks with Susan Ralston.

- Katharine McNamara talks with Arthur Samuelson. *
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