Alfaguara

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Alfaguara
Parent company Penguin Random House
Founded 1964 ; 60 years ago  ( 1964 )
Country of origin Spain
Headquarters location Madrid
Distribution Spain, Latin America
Official website www .alfaguara .com

Alfaguara is a Spanish-language publishing house that serves markets in Hispanic America, Spain and the United States . It was founded by the Spanish writer and Nobel prize winner Camilo Jose Cela . [1]

History and profile [ edit ]

Alfaguara was established in 1964. [2] It was part of Editoriales del Grupo Santillana . [3] In March 2000 Santillana, which publishes over 117 million books each year, was acquired by the Spanish conglomerate PRISA . [4] In 2014, PRISA sold Santillana's trade operations to Penguin Random House . [5]

It awards the Alfaguara Prize , a prestigious Spanish-language literary award. [6] The prize, launched in 1998, goes to an unpublished work of fiction in Spanish. [7]

Alfaguara Infantil and Alfaguara Juvenil publish books for children and young people. [8]

Publications [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Diaz de Quijano, Fernando (23 February 2016). "El centenario de Camilo Jose Cela conmemora al Nobel en su dimension polifacetica" . El Cultural (in Spanish) . Retrieved 7 September 2018 .
  2. ^ "Alfaguara celebrates its 50th anniversary, while the Alfaguara Nobel Prize celebrates its 17th Edition" . America Reads Spanish. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 August 2014 .
  3. ^ "Literary works, essay and references" . Santillana. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012 . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .
  4. ^ "A Global Company" . Santillana. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012 . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .
  5. ^ "PRH to Buy Major Spanish-Language Publisher" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 14 July 2014 .
  6. ^ "Argentine Leopoldo Brizuela Wins Alfaguara Prize" . Latin American Herald Tribune . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .
  7. ^ "Premio Alfaguara. (Alfaguara Award for Novel)" . goodreads . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .
  8. ^ "Quienes somos" . Alfaguara Infantil. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012 . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .

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