Grijalbo

Description

The origin of Editorial Grijalbo dates back to 1949, when Joan Grijalbo Serres (1911-2002) founded it in Mexico, where he had been living in exile since 1939. Its output initially revolved around fiction, essays and historical works. In 1962, it established its publishing headquarters in Barcelona, which became a dynamic publishing hub in Spain, and it expanded the range of genres it published.

After 1974, the Grijalbo group began a period of expansion. Edicions Junior was created, mainly to publish Belgian French comics and children’s books. Later on, in 1980, it associated with the French imprint Dargaud to create Edicions Grijalbo/Dargaud. Through this imprint, it published Dargaud’s French comics.

In 1989, it became part of the Italian group Mondadori and was set up as Grup Grijalbo Mondadori; in 2001 it joined the joint enterprise Random House Mondadori; and since 2013 it has been part of the Penguin Random House Publishing Group.

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Authors

The authors published by this imprint are mainly extremely successful novelists, historians, biographers and world-famous names in literature, philosophy and history.

• Chomsky, Noam, 1928-

• Douglas-Hamilton, James, 1942-

• Edwards, Jorge, 1931-

• García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014

• Goytisolo, Juan, 1931-

• Kent, James A.

• King, Stephen, 1947-

• Lawrence, Bill, 1916-

• Merani, Alberto L., 1918-1984

• Miguel, Amando de, 1937-

• Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990

• Puzo, Mario, 1920-1999

• Steel, Danielle, 1947-

• Thomas, Hugh, 1931-2017

• Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel, 1939-2003

• Wallace, Irving, 1916-1990

• Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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Illustrators and photographers

• Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000

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Collections

Grijalbo organised its publishing output into numerous collections grouped by genres, from essays to fiction, along with scientific manuals, theatre and biographies. 

• Grijalbo collections

• Bestsellers (Ficción / No ficción)

• Biografías Gandesa (1957-1981)

• Dimensiones hispánicas (1970-1980)

• Edibolsillo (1980-1993)

• Espejo de tinta (1987-1995)

• Libro de mano (1995-1997)

• Tratados y manuales (1962-1969)

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Outstanding works

While Grijalbo’s initial catalogue included only essays, history and fiction, it later expanded its lines with the publication of biographies, modern fiction, self-help books, cookery books, human relations guides, sexology books, thematic encyclopaedias, dictionaries and great works. Later it focused on fictional bestsellers, such as Mario Puzo’s El Padrino (The Godfather), which was extremely successful.

When it became Grijalbo-Mondadori, it published outstanding works in Spanish and Latin American literature. And with Dargaud it published comics like Astèrix, Lucky Luke and Snoopy.

• Puzo, Mario. El Padrino. Barcelona: Ediciones Grijalbo, 1972.

• Advertising brochure of the Collins dictionaries      published by Grijalbo.

• Catalogues of the comics published by      Grijalbo/Dargaud.