Nova Terra
(Updated 08/10/2024)
The publications service of Joventut Obrera Cristiana founded Editorial Nova Terra in 1958 with the goal of bringing the faith to the working classes. It started with an ideological foundation grounded upon socialist and progressive Christianity. Josep Castaño, Josep Artigal, Joan Carrera and Lleonard Ramírez created this imprint with Josep Verdura and Lleonard Ramírez as the literary directors.
+ informationSearch collections
Editorial Nova Terra collection at the Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya (National Archive of Catalonia)
More information and documentation on the works produced
Catalogue of publishers of Catalonia from 1940 to 1975 (Biblioteca de Catalunya)
Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya. El Fons Editorial Nova Terra de l'Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya (1950-1979). Sant Cugat del Vallès: Àrea de Fons Històrics, 1995.
Llanas, Manuel. L'Edició a Catalunya. Segle XX (1939-1975). Barcelona: Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya, 2006.
Marín, Dolors. Editorial Nova Terra : 1958-1978: un referent. Barcelona: Mediterrània, 2004.
Nova Terra
Description
The publications service of Joventut Obrera Cristiana founded Editorial Nova Terra in 1958 with the goal of bringing the faith to the working classes. It started with an ideological foundation grounded upon socialist and progressive Christianity. Josep Castaño, Josep Artigal, Joan Carrera and Lleonard Ramírez created this imprint with Josep Verdura and Lleonard Ramírez as the literary directors.
With these ideological foundations, its output was divided into three lines: one that encompassed unions, politics and literature; another that spanned religious and theological topics; and a third one devoted to education and everything related to the world of education.
Economic hardships, the pressures of censorship and ideological discrepancies led Nova Terra to have a tumultuous existence, and in 1979 it was absorbed by the Hogar del Libro.
Nova Terra
Authors
The most prominent authors published by this imprint clearly reflect Nova Terra’s ideology and its text selection criteria.
Ardant, Gabriel, 1906-1977
Capmany, Maria Aurèlia, 1918-1991
Comín, Alfonso Carlos, 1932-1980
Dumont, René, 1904-2001
Espinàs, Josep M., 1927-2023
Fullat, Octavi, 1928-
Gomis, Joan, 1927-2001
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Pàmies, Teresa, 1919-2012
Pedrolo, Manuel de, 1918-1990
Puig i Ferreter, Joan, 1882-1956
Salvat, Ricard, 1934-2009
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Nova Terra
Collections
The imprint grouped its publications into 45 collections, including El Hombre Nuevo, Síntesis, El Mundo y los Hombres, Navidad, Trabajo y Sociedad, Tiempo de Concilio and Noves Actituds.
Covers of a book from the El Hombre Nuevo and Navidad collections, and from a general catalogue of the collections.
Nova Terra
Outstanding works
The most outstanding works deal with unions, political essays and texts on religious or theological reflection.
Covers of Significación humana by J. Vialatoux, Hombres sin trabajo by Gabriel Ardant and Hijos de la Iglesia by Louis Lochet.
