Longanesi, also known as Longanesi & C., is a publishing house based in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...
, Italy. It was founded in 1946 by
Leo Longanesi and industrialist Giovanni Monti.
[Nanni Delbecchi (13 May 2016). "Longanesi fa settanta. Il 'Dottor Naso' aveva fiuto". '']Il Fatto Quotidiano
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''. p. 20. It initially got a large success thanks to some editorial series such as '' La buona società '' and ''La gaia scienza''.
After a period of crisis, Longanesi was relaunched by Mario Spagnol (1930–1999) through the acquisition of some prestigious publishing houses such as ''Guanda'', ''Salani'' and ''Corbaccio'' and through some successful ventures in the field of
paperback
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s.
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Book publishing companies of Italy
Publishing companies established in 1946
Mass media in Milan
Italian companies established in 1946
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