The Turin International Book Fair () is

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's largest

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for books, held annually in mid-May in

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, Italy. Founded in 1988 as Book Showroom (), it is one of the largest book fairs in

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, involving more than 1,400 exhibitors and 341,000 visitors in 2015.

History

It was founded in 1988 with the name ''Salone del Libro'' by the entrepreneur Guido Accornero and the bookseller Angelo Pezzana. The opening ceremony was held on May 18, 1988, at the opera house Teatro Regio, with the

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. It has been held first at

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and then, since 1992, at Lingotto Fiere. From 1999 to 2009, because of disagreements with owner of the trade name ''Salone del Libro'', the organization changed its name to ''Fiera del Libro'' (from 2002, ''Fiera Internazionale del Libro''). Since 2010 it is called again ''Salone Internazionale del Libro''. From 1999 to 2016 the director has been the Italian writer Ernesto Ferrero, winner of the

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in 2000 with the novel ''N.'' From October, 2016, the director is the Italian writer

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, also winner of the

in 2015 with the novel ''La ferocia'' (a.k.a. "''The ferocity''").

Guest of honour

Every year a ''guest of honor'' is named for the fair. A special exhibition hall is set up for the guest country, and the major publishing houses are present at the fair.

References

External links

Official website
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History

Guest of honour

See also

References

External links