Alfaguara is a Spanish-language publishing house that serves markets in Latin America,
Spain
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and the
United States
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. It was founded by the Spanish writer and
Nobel prize
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winner
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Litera ...
.
History and profile
Alfaguara was established in 1964. It was part of Editoriales del
Grupo Santillana
Grupo Santillana, formerly Santillana Ediciones Generales, is a Spanish publisher founded in 1959 by Jesús de Polanco and Francisco Pérez González.
From 2008 and due to the high debts of the group PRISA, Santillana made disinvestments to guid ...
. In March 2000 Santillana, which publishes over 117 million books each year, was acquired by the Spanish conglomerate
PRISA. In 2014, PRISA sold Santillana's trade operations to
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House LLC is an Anglo-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, from the merger of Penguin Group and Random House.
On April 2, 2020, Bertelsmann announced the completion of its purchase ...
.
It awards the
Alfaguara Prize
The Alfaguara Novel Prize ( es, Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of (about ) making it one of the richest literary prizes in th ...
, a prestigious Spanish-language literary award. The prize, launched in 1998, goes to an unpublished work of fiction in Spanish.
Alfaguara Infantil and Alfaguara Juvenil publish books for children and young people.
References
1964 establishments in Spain
Publishing companies established in 1964
PRISA
Publishing companies of Spain
Mass media in Madrid
Book publishing companies of Spain
Penguin Random House
Camilo José Cela
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