Curial Edicions Catalanes

Description

Curial Edicions Catalanes was founded in 1972 by Max Cahner. Focused on the fields of Catalan history and culture, it published philological, literary and historical essays from the culture, as well as Catalan literary works and classics from world literature. Catalan-language reference works and geography and history books were some of the publishing house’s fortes, including the Diccionari Etimològic i Complementari de la Llengua catalana and the Onomasticon cataloniae by Joan Coromines; the Geografia comarcal de Catalunya and the Petit Curial enciclopèdic. Finally, Curial also published facsimile editions and magazines. 

The more than 400 titles that it issued were grouped into different collections: Biblioteca de Cultura Catalana, Biblioteca d’Història dels Països Catalans and Documents de Cultura. It also published critical editions and facsimiles, magazines for universities (Els Marges, Randa, Recerques, Estudis d’Història Agrària, Fonaments, Revista de Catalunya) and basic reference works (the Geografia comarcal de Catalunya and the Diccionari Etimològic i Complementari de la Llengua Catalana by Joan Coromines, and the Petit Curial Enciclopèdic). The publishing house stopped publishing independently in the late 1990s and today continues to issue publications under the umbrella of the Fundació Pere Coromines (Pere Coromines Foundation).

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Authors

Philologists, classic writers and historians figure the most prominently on the list of authors who published with Curial, a reflection of the fields of study that the publishing house sought to promote.

• Aguiló, Marià, 1825-1897

• Amat i de Cortada, Rafael d', baró de Maldà, 1746-1818

• Arbuixec, Gaspar Blai, 1624-1670

• Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

• Badia i Margarit, Antoni Maria, 1920-2014

• Benet, Josep, 1920-2008

• Bernat i Baldoví, Josep, 1809-1864

• Bosc, Andreu, s. XVI/XVII

• Bover, Joaquim Maria, 1810-1865

• Candel, Francisco, 1925-2007

• Cases, Magí, s. XVII- s. XVII

• Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571

• Colón, Germà, 1928-2020

• Coromines, Joan, 1905-1997

• Duran i Sanpere, Agustí, 1887-1975

• Eiximenis, Francesc, 1327?-1409

• Eurípides, ca. 480-406 aC.

• Ferran de Pol, Lluís, 1911-1995

• Fuster, Joan, 1922-1992

• Gener, Pompeu, 1848-1920

• Jordana, Cèsar August, 1893-1958

• Kavafis, Konstantinos, 1863-1933

• Lladonosa, Josep, 1907-1990

• Manent, Albert, 1930-2014

• Marfany, Joan Lluís, 1943-

• Maseras, Alfons, 1884-1939

• Massot i Muntaner, Josep, 1941-

• Puigblanch, Antoni, 1775-1840

• Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

• Romeu i Figueras, Josep, 1917-2004

• Rovira i Virgili, Antoni, 1882-1949

• Ruyra, Joaquim, 1858-1939

• Schwarz-Bart, André, 1928-2006

• Sòfocles, ca. 496-406 aC.

• Soldevila, Ferran, 1894-1971

• Tavani, Giuseppe, 1924-2019

• Torres Amat, Fèlix, 1772-1847

• Turmeda, Anselm, ca. 1352-ca. 1423

• Valentí i Fiol, Eduard, 1910-1971

• Vila, Pau, 1881-1980

• Vilar, Pierre, 1906-2003

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Collections

Prominent collections among the dozens issued by this publishing house are Autors Catalans Antics, Biblioteca de Cultura Catalana and Documents de Cultura-Facsímils.

• Autors catalans antics (1985-2008)

• Biblioteca de cultura catalana (1972-2003)

• Biblioteca popular Curial (1986-1989, 1995)

• Biblioteca Torres Amat (1971-1981, 1984-1998)

• Clàssics Curial (1975-1996, 2012)

• Documents de cultura (1972-1992)

• Documents de cultura facsímils

• Lletra menuda

• Manuals Curial (1977-1996)

• Mata de jonc (1973-2009)

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Magazines

The publishing house’s magazines tended to be specialised and focus on university-level humanistic topics. Randa, Els Marges and La Revista de Catalunya, among others, are the most prominent titles out of a total of seven.

Cover of Randa, no. 1 (1975)

Cover of Revista de Catalunya, no. 1 (October 1986), the first issue published by Curial.

Cover of the magazine Els Marges, no. 1, (1974)

• Els Marges: revista de llengua i literatura (1974-)

• Estudis d’història agrària (1978-)

• Fonaments (1978-2005)

• Randa (1975-)

• Revista de Catalunya (1924-)

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Outstanding works

The works produced by this publishing house are mainly on the topics of history, literature, philology. Notable works are:

• Coromines, Joan. Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana. Barcelona: Curial: Caixa de Pensions "La Caixa", 1980-2001. 10 vol.

• Torres Amat, Fèlix. Memorias para ayudar a formar un diccionario crítico de los escritores catalanes (Barcelona, 1836). Barcelona: Curial, 1973 (Documents de cultura-facsímils; 1-2)

• Petit Curial Enciclopèdic: il·lustrat. Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes, 1979.

     Cover of vol. 2 of Coromines, Joan. Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana. Barcelona: Curial: Caixa de Pensions "La Caixa", 1980-2001. 10 vol.

       Cover of Torres Amat, Fèlix. Memorias para ayudar a formar un diccionario crítico de los escritores catalanes (Barcelona, 1836). Barcelona: Curial, 1973 (Documents de cultura-facsímils; 1-2)

        Cover of Petit Curial Enciclopèdic: il·lustrat. Barcelona: Curial, 1979.