Alfaguara
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| country = Spain
| headquarters = Madrid
| distribution = Spain, Latin America
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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 José Cela.{{cite news |url=http://www.elcultural.com/noticias/letras/El-centenario-de-Camilo-Jose-Cela-conmemora-al-Nobel-en-su-dimension-polifacetica/8972 |title=El centenario de Camilo José Cela conmemora al Nobel en su dimensión polifacética |first=Fernando |last=Díaz de Quijano |date=23 February 2016 |access-date=7 September 2018 |newspaper=El Cultural |language=es}}
History and profile
Alfaguara was established in 1964.{{cite web|title=Alfaguara celebrates its 50th anniversary, while the Alfaguara Nobel Prize celebrates its 17th Edition|url=http://arsbooks.org/news/ars-news/3169-alfaguara-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary,-while-the-alfaguara-novel-prize-celebrates-its-17th-edition.html|publisher=America Reads Spanish|access-date=9 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074503/http://arsbooks.org/news/ars-news/3169-alfaguara-celebrates-its-50th-anniversary,-while-the-alfaguara-novel-prize-celebrates-its-17th-edition.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} It was part of Editoriales del Grupo Santillana.{{cite web|url=http://www.santillana.com/en/pagina/creacion-literaria-ensayistica-y-de-referencia/|title=Literary works, essay and references|publisher=Santillana|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323051732/http://www.santillana.com/en/pagina/creacion-literaria-ensayistica-y-de-referencia/|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}} In March 2000 Santillana, which publishes over 117 million books each year, was acquired by the Spanish conglomerate PRISA.{{cite web|url=http://www.santillana.com/en/pagina/compania-global/|title=A Global Company|publisher=Santillana|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322222318/http://www.santillana.com/en/pagina/compania-global/|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead}} In 2014, PRISA sold Santillana's trade operations to Penguin Random House.{{cite web|title= PRH to Buy Major Spanish-Language Publisher|work=Publishers Weekly|access-date=14 July 2014|url=http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/61499-prh-to-buy-spanish-language-publisher.html}}
It awards the Alfaguara Prize, a prestigious Spanish-language literary award.{{cite web|url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=483269&CategoryId=13003|title=Argentine Leopoldo Brizuela Wins Alfaguara Prize|work=Latin American Herald Tribune
|access-date=30 March 2012}} The prize, launched in 1998, goes to an unpublished work of fiction in Spanish.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9015.Premio_Alfaguara_Alfaguara_Award_for_Novel_|title=Premio Alfaguara. (Alfaguara Award for Novel)|work=goodreads|access-date=30 March 2012}}
Alfaguara Infantil and Alfaguara Juvenil publish books for children and young people.{{cite web|url=http://www.librosalfaguarainfantil.com/es/quienes-somos/|title=Quiénes somos|publisher=Alfaguara Infantil|access-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323193820/http://www.librosalfaguarainfantil.com/es/quienes-somos/|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
Publications
- El señor del cero (1997)
References
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Category:1964 establishments in Spain
Category:Publishing companies established in 1964
Category:Publishing companies of Spain
Category:Book publishing companies of Spain
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