''Alianza Editorial'' is a Spanish
publishing house
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founded in 1966 by
José Ortega Spottorno
José Ortega Spottorno (November 13, 1916 – February 18, 2002) was a Spanish journalist and publisher. Born in Madrid to famous philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and Rosa Spottorno Topete, José Ortega Spottorno was the founder of affordable ...
, "with the idea of serving the intellectual aspirations of Spanish society of the time and represents a reference for various generations of readers who have known authors such as Clarín, Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Proust, Freud, García Lorca, Albert Camus, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse and Franz Kafka".
Since 1989, ''Alianza'' has belonged to
Grupo Anaya and is among other brands,
Cátedra,
Algaida
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Geography
The municipality of Algaida is located in the south-east of the island of Majorca, 22 km along the ma ...
,
Eudemo and
Ediciones Siruela—which, in turn, is part of
Hachette Livre
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, of the
Lagardère Group
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.
History
''Alianza'' began its journey with the
Pocket Book collection, intended to be a basic library for anybody interested in culture. It maintains that its offerings support every class of reader, "...from those interested in literature to the
university
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student looking for a highly specialized
monograph
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In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
." In its catalogue, one can find the works of
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells Oliván (; ; born 9 February 1942) is a Spanish sociology, sociologist. He is well known for his authorship of a trilogy of works, entitled The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. He is a scholar of the information soc ...
,
Julián Marías
Julián Marías Aguilera (17 June 1914 – 15 December 2005) was a Spanish philosopher associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was a pupil of the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and member of the Madrid School.A. Pablo Iann ...
,
Anthony Giddens
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,
Ramón Tamames
Ramón Tamames Gómez (born 1 November 1933) is a Spanish economist and former politician.
He was a member of the Congress of Deputies and the City Council of Madrid in the early years after the Spanish transition to democracy. A long-term member ...
,
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori (; 13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist who specialized in the study of democracy, political parties and comparative politics.
Biography
Born in Florence in 1924, Sartori graduated in Political and So ...
,
Miguel Artola
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Places
*Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
* São Miguel (disamb ...
and
Isaiah Berlin
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, to name only a few authors.
In the field of contemporary
fiction
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, ''Alianza'' has opened the door to writers such as
,
Yasmina Khadra
Mohammed Moulessehoul ( ar, محمد مولسهول; born January 10, 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra ( ar, ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Alger ...
,
Peter Handke
Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...
,
Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare (; spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French; born on 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the pu ...
,
Anita Desai
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,
Pavel Kohout
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and
György Konrád
György (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
Life
George Konrad was born in Berettyóújfalu, near Debrecen, into a ...
. It also draws attention to
Spanish-language
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authors who have gained recognition through the
Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones, a Spanish
literary prize
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Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ...
.
The (Pocket Book), that features among other sub-series, forty "''Bibliotecas de Autor''," a series of author-centered collections --- "''El libro universitario''" (university books); ''Alianza Literaria'' (
literature
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); ''Alianza Ensayo'' (
encyclopedia
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); ''Alianza Música'' (
music
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); ''Alianza Forma'' (
modernism
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,
art nouveau
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); ''Alianza Diccionarios'' (
dictionaries
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); are some of their collections, in addition to ''Libro Singular'', a series of monographs on a diverse range of topics including
gastronomy
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,
sports
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,
leisure
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,
health
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and
everyday life
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Human diurnality means most peop ...
.
In keeping with the times, at the start of 2013 they also formed a collection of some 72 works in
electronic format.
References
External links
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Book publishing companies of Spain
Publishing companies established in 1966