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Discover Ludwig"had published" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is the past perfect tense and is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action. Example: Emma had published several books before she turned 30.
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He had published Kerouac and Burroughs.
James Joyce had published Dubliners.
She had published four books in four years.
James had published his father's "literary remains".
Until age 46 he had published nothing remarkable.
By 1991 Iskander had published 19 collections of short stories.
I asked Minsky if he had published his proof.
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Lewis has published two books.
He has published 18 books to date.
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