Arnoldo Mondadori (2 November 1889 – 8 June 1971) was a noted Italian publisher.

Biography

Mondadori was born in Poggio Rusco,

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in 1889. His publishing house Arnoldo Mondadori Editore was founded in 1907 and is today the largest in Italy. After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including '' Gialli Mondadori'' in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels. In 1935, through an agreement with

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, the publishing house began the publication of a children's magazines based on Disney comics characters, which ran until 1988, when the agreement between Mondadori and the

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ended. He died in

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in 1971.

Notes

References

* Enrico Decleva: ''Arnoldo Mondadori''. Turin: UTET. 2007. * Maria Iolanda Palazzolo: "Mondadori, Arnaldo". In: Mario Caravale (ed.): ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI)''. Vol. 75: Miranda–Montano. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome: 2011. 1889 births 1971 deaths People from the Province of Mantua Italian book publishers (people) {{publish-bio-stub