Dedalus Books is a British
publishing company specialising in
European literature. As stated on their website, Dedalus specialises in "its own distinctive genre, which we term distorted reality, where the bizarre, the unusual and the grotesque and the surreal meld in a kind of intellectual fiction which is very European."
Established by Geoffrey Smith, Eric Lane and
Robert Irwin, Dedalus was launched on 30 November 1983 with the publication of three novels including Irwin's ''
The Arabian Nightmare'' and Smith's vampire novel ''The Revenants'' (bylined "Geoffrey Farrington").
["Dedalus" in ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'' by Brian Stableford. Scarecrow Press,Plymouth. 2005. (pp. 103-4)] Dedalus publishes novels and anthologies, featuring both contemporary and historical European works. Dedalus publishes both translations and original English language works. Dedalus brought a number of European writers such as
Sylvie Germain and
Herbert Rosendorfer into English for the first time, and also published numerous anthologies of
fantastic literature, such as
''The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy'' (1996) edited by
Wiesiek Powaga.
has praised Dedalus' output, describing them as "the premier publisher of
decadent, turn-of-the-last--century European fiction" and stating "there are superb Dedalus anthologies of Portuguese
and Polish fantasy".
[Michael Dirda,"In which our columnist rounds up a selection of amusing books for serious vacationers".
''The Washington Post'', P. T15, August 2003.]
Dedalus is partially funded by the
Arts Council of England. Dedalus Books ought not to be confused with the Irish imprint, Dedalus Press (founded 1985) which publishes contemporary Irish poetry and poetry from around the world in English translation.
References
External links
Dedalus Books homepage
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Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom