Tänapäev is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n publishing house

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 established in 1999 and headquartered in Tallinn

Tallinn

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. The main subjects it publishes are translated and original fiction, history, politics, biographies and children literature. In the year 2000, Tänapäev published 45 books. It published 60 books in 2001, 70 books in 2002, 86 books in 2004 and in 2010, it published about 125 books. About 2/3 of titles are translations, 1/3 Estonian originals.

The most prominent series is called "The Red Book", which features authors like Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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, Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

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, Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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, Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

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, Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

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, Günter Grass

Günter Grass

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, Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

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, Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Lyudmila Ulitskaya

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, John Irving

John Irving

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, Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov

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and many others, there are currently over 80 books in the series.
Tänapäev also publishes several popular crime authors such as Boris Akunin, Robert van Gulik, Dashiell Hammett and Lindsey Davis. The non-fiction list includes many titles on history and politics, both from recent and ancient times. Authors include Norman Davies, Antony Beevor, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Graves, Bill Bryson and many others.
In recent years Tänapäev has been the biggest publisher of Estonian poetry. “My First Book” is a popular series of original Estonian children literature and there is also a separate series for young adult readers. Prominent series also include albums of old postcards and photos of landmarks in Estonia, “Golden Biographies” focuses on lives of culturally or historically significant persons.

Tänapäev is the main organizer of literature competitions in Estonia. It is organizing competitions for children and young adult books and also a novel competitions, which has been held twice so far.