Cosac Naify
{{Short description|Brazilian publishing house}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cosac Naify
| logo =Cosac_Naify.jpg
| founded = 1996
| founder = Charles Cosac
| defunct = 2015
| hq_location_city = São Paulo, Brazil
| industry = Publishing house
| genre = Art books, fiction, and children's books
}}
Cosac Naify ({{IPAc-pt|c|o|ˈ|S|a|c|-|ˈ|n|ei|f|i|lang=br}}) was a Brazilian publishing house which operated from 1996 to 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2015/12/02/A-Cosac-Naify-vai-fechar.-Eis-os-livros-imperd%C3%ADveis-da-editora|title=A Cosac Naify vai fechar. Eis os livros imperdíveis da editora|work=Nexo Jornal|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}} Founded by Charles Cosac and Michael Naify, the publisher became known about their luxury designed art, humanities, novels and children's books; Charles Cosac described the house as a "cult publishing house, whose books are destined to scholars and art students".{{Cite news|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/literatura,referencia-no-mercado-por-livros-de-arte-de-luxo--cosac-naify-fecha-as-portas,10000003450|title=Referência no mercado por livros de arte de luxo, Cosac Naify fecha as portas - Cultura - Estadão|work=Estadão|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}}
Cosac Naify, a Brazilian of Syrian descent, debuted with the book Barroco de lírios, by the artist Tunga.{{Cite web |title=Charles Cosac deixa direção do Museu de Arte do Rio após menos de um mês |url=http://www.forumpermanente.org/noticias/2021/02/charles-cosac-deixa-direcao-do-museu-de-arte-do-rio-apos-menos-de-um-mes-1 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Fórum Permanente |language=pt-br}} The house published books by novelists such as Alejandro Zambra, valter hugo mãe, Enrique Vila-Matas,{{Cite news|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/meus-livros/as-engrenagens-de-enrique-vila-matas/|title=As engrenagens de Enrique Vila-Matas {{!}} VEJA.com|date=2011-05-22|work=VEJA.com|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}} Karen Blixen, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo. Among the children's books were works by Shel Silverstein, Maurice Sendak,{{Cite web|url=http://www.clicrbs.com.br/blog/jsp/default.jsp?source=DYNAMIC,blog.BlogDataServer,getBlog&uf=1&local=&template=3948.dwt§ion=Blogs&post=258240&blog=433&coldir=1&topo=3994.dwt|title=Leia e veja onde vivem os monstros (Aldo Brasil, Joinville, SC) {{!}} Aldo Brasil|website=www.clicrbs.com.br|access-date=2017-04-09}} Edward Gorey and the Captain Underpants series.
The publisher closed its activities at the end of 2015; Cosac said the high costs of book production and his unwillingness to compromise its editorial line led him to that decision. Companhia das Letras has acquired some of Cosac Naify's catalogue, including the works of Dav Pilkey, Leo Tolstoy, and Shel Silverstein.