The Einaudi Publishing House and Fascist Policy on Translations

Abstract

The history of the Einaudi publishing house, particularly the relationship between Giulio Einaudi — as a citizen and a publisher — and the regime, has been widely explored and discussed (Turi 1990; Mangoni 1999; d’Orsi 2000). Important information about the publishing house in its early years can also be gathered from some of the memoirs of the people involved (Einaudi 1988, 1998, 2001; Ginzburg 1963, 1988; Cesari 1991) and from the many individual works about editors, writers and translators who worked with Casa Einaudi. In this chapter, I will analyse the way in which Giulio Einaudi managed to publish translations in Fascist Italy and the influence of domestic and foreign policies on the translation and publishing process.