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Indiana University Press opened its doors in 1950 under the leadership of President Herman B Wells. The press began with a single translation titled Travels in America, 1816, 1817 by Edouard de Montulé.
Bernard Perry served as the first director of Indiana University Press and retired from his role in 1976 after years of steady growth. John Gallman took over the reins following Perry's departure to focus on academic strengths.
The Journals Division of Indiana University Press carries 38 journals within its current portfolio. This division launched in 1987 with just three journals and has expanded significantly since then.
A translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses by Rolfe Humphries became an all-time bestseller for Indiana University Press. That volume sold over 500,000 copies to date.
Works published by Indiana University Press include a National Book Award for Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers in 1967 and another for Bertolt Brecht's Saint Joan of the Stockyards in 1970. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos won the 2009 National Jewish Book Award.