Monte Ávila Editores is the largest and most important publishing house in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. Between 1980 and 2000 it published over 300 titles, largely by Venezuelan authors, producing over 1.2m copies. Founded in 1968 on the initiative of author

Simón Alberto Consalvi Simón Alberto Consalvi (7 July 1927 – 11 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician, journalist, diplomat and historian. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela on two occasions (1977-1979/1985-1988), Minister of Internal Affairs of Vene ...

, as of 2009 it has published over 2000 books. Monte Avila
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Past Directors include

Juan Liscano Juan Liscano Velutini (7 July 1915 – 17 February 2001) was a Venezuelan poet, folklorist, writer and critic. He was director of Monte Ávila Editores. Major examples of his poetic work are: ''Nuevo mundo Orinoco'' (1959), ''Cármenes'' (1966) ...

, Rafael Arráiz Lucca.

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External links

www.monteavila.gob.ve
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