Farrar, Straus & Giroux

History of Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Farrar, Straus and Giroux was founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus. The firm is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children’s books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including numerous National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and 21 Nobel Prizes in literature.

Poetry has always played a pivotal role on the Farrar, Straus and Giroux list, which boasts some of the greatest names in modern verse, ranging from Elizabeth Bishop, Philip Larkin to John Ashbery, Thom Gunn, and Les Murray.

Fiction has an even greater international reach, distinguished by Rosellen Brown, Jim Crace, Michael Cunningham, Carlos Fuentes, Peter Høeg, Jamaica Kincaid, Bernard Malamud, Alice McDermott, Flannery O’Connor, Richard Powers, Susan Sontag and and Mario Vargas Llosa.

History, art history, natural history, current affairs and science round out a strong list in nonfiction represented by Thomas Friedman, Philip Gourevitch, Roy Jenkins, Gina Kolata, Ben Macintyre, Louis Menand, Giles Milton, and John McPhee, among others.