Longanesi, also known as Longanesi & C., is a publishing house based in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, Italy. It was founded in 1946 by

Leo Longanesi Leopoldo "Leo" Longanesi (30 August 1905 27 September 1957) was an Italian journalist, publicist, screenplayer, playwright, writer, and publisher. Longanesi is mostly known in his country for his satirical works on Italian society and people. H ...

and industrialist Giovanni Monti.Nanni Delbecchi (13 May 2016). "Longanesi fa settanta. Il 'Dottor Naso' aveva fiuto". ''

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''. p. 20. It initially got a large success thanks to some editorial series such as '' La buona società'' and ''La gaia scienza''. After a period of crisis, Longanesi was relaunched by Mario Spagnol (1930–1999) through the acquisition of some prestigious publishing houses such as ''Guanda'', ''Salani'' and ''Corbaccio'' and through some successful ventures in the field of

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* Book publishing companies of Italy Publishing companies established in 1946 Mass media in Milan Italian companies established in 1946 {{Italy-company-stub