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Alfred A. Knopf
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<p>Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by <a href="/facts/Blanche_Knopf/uSKzKUMh">Blanche Knopf</a> and <a href="/facts/Alfred_A._Knopf_Sr./uIvEzyAb">Alfred A. Knopf Sr.</a> in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends. It was acquired by <a href="/facts/Random_House/NcR9r1F1">Random House</a> in 1960, and is now part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group division of <a href="/facts/Penguin_Random_House/ggGVol2s">Penguin Random House</a> which is owned by the German conglomerate <a href="/facts/Bertelsmann/5vp5nwAJ">Bertelsmann</a>. </p><p>The Knopf publishing house is associated with the <a href="/facts/Borzoi/6kRIWA0v">borzoi</a> logo in its <a href="/facts/Colophon_(publishing)/7HqpSyWH">colophon</a>, which was designed by co-founder <a href="/facts/Blanche_Knopf/uSKzKUMh">Blanche Knopf</a> in 1925. </p>