 The parent company, founded in New York in 1915, teamed up with Louise Dennys in order to launch the Canadian house.Dennys was already the publisher of many major Canadian books, through her work at the Toronto publishing house Lester & Orpen Dennys.Some of Knopf's award-winning Canadian titles include "Barney's Version" by Mordecai Richler, the paperback edition of "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje and "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel.