Alfaguara is a Spanish-language publishing house that serves markets in Hispanic America,
Spain
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and the
United States
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. It was founded by the Spanish writer and
Nobel Prize
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winner
Camilo José Cela.
History and profile
Alfaguara was established in 1964. It was part of Editoriales del
Grupo Santillana. In March 2000 Santillana, which publishes over 117 million books each year, was acquired by the Spanish conglomerate
PRISA. In 2014, PRISA sold Santillana's trade operations to
Penguin Random House
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.
It awards the
Alfaguara Prize, a prestigious Spanish-language literary award. The prize, launched in 1998, goes to an unpublished work of fiction in Spanish.
Alfaguara Infantil and Alfaguara Juvenil publish books for children and young people.
Publications
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El señor del cero'' (1997)
References
1964 establishments in Spain
Publishing companies established in 1964
PRISA
Publishing companies of Spain
Mass media in Madrid
Book publishing companies of Spain
Penguin Random House
Camilo José Cela
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