Valgus (Publisher)
Valgus ('light') is an Estonian book publisher based in Tallinn .
History of the publisher
After the annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in June 1940 and the nationalization of the means of production, there had been a single universal publisher for the entire ESSR book production since 1949 , the "Estonian State Publishing House" ( Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus ). This publisher was renamed Eesti Raamat in 1965 , and at the same time pedagogical, (popular) scientific and non-fiction literature was outsourced to a new publisher called Valgus .
In addition to the educational literature, the publishing house published numerous dictionaries and the eight-volume Soviet Estonian encyclopedia. The second edition of this encyclopedia was produced by the publishing house from 1985. From the fifth volume onwards it was no longer called the Soviet Estonian Encyclopedia , but the Estonian Encyclopedia ( Eesti Entsüklopeedia ), which was also reflected in the abbreviation on the spine (EE instead of ENE). From the seventh volume onwards, however, the new encyclopedia appeared in the Estonian Encyclopedia Publishing House (see below).
Changes after regaining independence
In contrast to many other Soviet institutions, the publishing house was not closed in 1991, but two branches were separated: the educational literature was housed in the Koolibri publishing house, the encyclopedic literature in the Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus ('Estonian Encyclopedia Publishing House ') , which went bankrupt in 2011 . Valgus has been a GmbH since 1995 . Non-fiction is still the main field of activity of the publisher.
Secondary literature
- Eesti raamat 1525-1975. Ajalooline ülevaade. Tallinn: Valgus 1978.
Web links
(Estonian) Homepage of the publisher