Animus Kiadó

Animus Kiadó is a Hungarian publishing house founded as a family business by book-trade professional Gábor Anikó and journalist-editor Balázs István, with its registration dated December 1991. It began with an English grammar summary that became the first volume of the pocket language-guide series Kisokos, whose 16 volumes sold several million copies over two decades. The publisher then introduced humorous gift books by British author Martin Baxendale to the Hungarian market, and broadened its profile with works by American psychological-thriller writer Dean R. Koontz and self-help titles. Animus became widely known through its Hungarian edition of J. K. Rowling's seven-volume Harry Potter series, published in hardcover with dust jackets, with the first two volumes also released as audiobooks narrated by Kern András, plus the companion volume Bogar bárd meséi (The Tales of Beedle the Bard). During the Harry Potter years the house built a substantial children's and young-adult profile, introducing Hungarian readers aged ten to sixteen to authors such as Jacqueline Wilson, Lois Lowry, Louis Sachar, Anthony Horowitz and Jonathan Stroud, and in its Andersen Medal-winning author series to Paula Fox, Tormod Haugen, Margaret Mahy, Scott O'Dell and Uri Orlev. In recent years adult literature has carried increasing weight in the Animus catalogue. The publisher is responsible for Hungarian editions of international successes including Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, the books of Jo Nesbø, and the Skandináv krimik (Scandinavian Crime) series showcasing the best of Nordic crime writing. Hahner Péter's volumes on historical misconceptions have been fixtures on the non-fiction bestseller lists. The house remains a respected member of the Hungarian book trade, operating as a private family-founded company.

Animus Kiadó was registered in December 1991 as a family enterprise by Gábor Anikó, a book-trade professional, and Balázs István, a journalist and editor. Its first publication, an English grammar summary, proved extraordinarily popular and launched the Kisokos pocket language-guide series; the 16 volumes of that series sold several million copies over the following two decades. The house next brought humorous gift books to Hungary through the works of British author Martin Baxendale, a genre it is credited with introducing to the Hungarian market. The publishing profile then expanded with the works of American psychological-thriller writer Dean R. Koontz and with self-help books. Within a few years Animus became a respected member of the Hungarian book trade, but its greatest recognition came from the Hungarian edition of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The publisher issued all seven volumes in hardcover with dust jackets, released the first two books as audiobooks narrated by Kern András, and published the companion volume Bogar bárd meséi (The Tales of Beedle the Bard). During the years of the seven-volume release the house built a significant children's and young-adult profile, introducing Hungarian readers aged ten to sixteen to previously untranslated authors such as Jacqueline Wilson, Lois Lowry, Louis Sachar, Anthony Horowitz and Jonathan Stroud, and in its Andersen Medal-winning author series to Paula Fox, Tormod Haugen, Margaret Mahy, Scott O'Dell and Uri Orlev. In more recent years adult literature has taken on growing weight in the Animus catalogue. The publisher brought international successes to Hungary including Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, the books of Jo Nesbø, and the Skandináv krimik series, which gathers the best of Nordic crime writing. The company first noticed Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason through a report in a British newspaper about an award he had won; after further research, and seeing the quality of other Scandinavian authors, it decided to build a series. The line went on to include Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy (the first volume, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was also adapted into a film), Jo Nesbø and his detective series (whose book The Snowman was to be filmed by Martin Scorsese), as well as Åsa Larsson, Börge Hellström, Camilla Läckberg, Håkan Nesser, Jussi Adler-Olsen and Karin Alvtegen. The genre, long popular in the Nordic countries, has become increasingly known in Hungary thanks to the publisher. Hahner Péter's volumes on historical misconceptions have been regulars on the non-fiction bestseller lists. The house continues to operate as a private, family-founded publisher.

• 1991

  Animus Kiadó registered in December as a family business by Gábor Anikó and Balázs István.

• First publication, an English grammar summary, becomes a hit and launches the Kisokos pocket language-guide series.

• Introduces humorous gift books by British author Martin Baxendale to the Hungarian market.

• Publishes Hungarian editions of Dean R. Koontz's psychological thrillers and self-help books.

• Publishes all seven volumes of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series in Hungarian, plus the companion volume Bogar bárd meséi.

• Launches the Skandináv krimik series, beginning with Arnaldur Indriðason and later including Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy and Jo Nesbø.

A family-founded Hungarian general publisher with a strong children's/YA heritage and a leading Scandinavian crime fiction list.

• Kisokos pocket language-guide series (16 volumes)

• Harry Potter series (Hungarian edition, 7 volumes)

• Bogar bárd meséi (The Tales of Beedle the Bard)

• Skandináv krimik (Scandinavian Crime) series

• Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson

• Jo Nesbø crime novels

• Hahner Péter's books on historical misconceptions

• Children's and YA fiction by Jacqueline Wilson, Lois Lowry, Louis Sachar, Anthony Horowitz, Jonathan Stroud and others

• Audiobooks of the first two Harry Potter volumes narrated by Kern András

1. 1www.animus.huanimus.hu
2. 2Animus Kiadó – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Animus Kiadó – Hungarian Wikipediahu.wikipedia.org