Sellerio Editore is an Italian publisher founded in 1969 in

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, by Elvira Giorgianni and her husband Enzo Sellerio, encouraged by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the anthropologist Antonino Buttitta.

History

After some titles published in the first collection, of suggestive name '' La civiltà perfezionata '' (The improved civilization), the publisher gained visibility with the publication in 1978 of Leonardo Sciascia’s '' L'affaire Moro '' (The case Aldo Moro). From then on the number of collections grows, starting with ''La memoria'' (The memory), today practically a symbol of the italian publisher. Among the writers who have collaborated with the publishing house: Gesualdo Bufalino, launched in 1981, winner of the Campiello Prize and

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and Andrea Camilleri ("father" of Montalbano). From 1983 onwards Elvira Sellerio started to dedicate herself only to narrative and essay publications while Enzo Sellerio started to take care of art and photography publications. Among the collections that have gradually been constituted are also specialized series, such as ''La città antica'' (The ancient city), from

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, and the Sicilian Library of History and Literature (''Sicilian Library of history and letteratura''). By 2020 the Sellerio catalog has more than three thousand titles. After the death of Elvira Sellerio in 2010 the publisher continues to be under the direction of the founder Enzo Sellerio, together with his son Antonio and Olivia Sellerio, in addition to the researcher Salvatore Silvano Nigro.

Italian writers

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* Maria Attanasio * Sergio Atzeni * Gesualdo Bufalino * Davide Camarrone * Andrea Camilleri * Luciano Canfora * Gianrico Carofiglio *

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* Ugo Cornia * Augusto De Angelis * Marco Ferrari * Pietro Grossi * Carlo Lucarelli * Marco Malvaldi *

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* Andrea Molesini *

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* Furio Scarpelli * Giorgio Scerbanenco * Leonardo Sciascia * Adriano Sofri *

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* Antonio Tabucchi * Turi Vasile *

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Authors translated into Italian

* Héctor Bianciotti * Roberto Bolaño * Sergej Donatovič Dovlatov * Margaret Doody *

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* Friedrich Glauser *

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* Nathaniel Hawthorne *

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* Ben Pastor * Vincent Schiavelli * Maj Sjöwall *

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* José Maria Eça de Queirós

Book series

*''La memoria'' *''La rosa dei venti'' *''Il contesto'' *''Il divano'' *''Alle 8 di sera'' *''Nuovo prisma'' *''La nuova diagonale'' *''Galleria'' *''Le indagini di Montalbano'' *''Biblioteca siciliana di storia e letteratura'' *''Corti'' *''Il castello'' *''Il gioco delle parti. Romanzi giudiziari'' *''Il mare'' *''La diagonale'' *''Le parole e le cose'' *''Tutto e subito'' *''Fine secolo'' *''Quaderni della Biblioteca siciliana di storia e letteratura'' *''L'Italia'' *''La città antica'' * ''Teatro'' * ''Nuovo Museo'' * ''L'isola'' * ''La civiltà perfezionata'' * ''Fantascienza'' * ''Prisma'' * ''Museo'' * ''La pietra vissuta'' * ''Le favole mistiche'' * ''Fuori collana'' * ''App'' * ''Narrativa per la scuola'' * ''La memoria illustrata'' * ''I cristalli'' * ''I cristallini'' * ''Varia'' * ''Cataloghi'' * ''Bel vedere'' * ''Diorama'' * ''L'occhio di vetro'' * ''La Cuba''

Television series based on Sellerio books

* Inspector Montalbano – ''Le indagini di Montalbano'' * The Young Montalbano – ''La memoria''

References

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