Cinco Puntos Press
Cinco Puntos Press is an imprint of publishing company Lee & Low Books. It was founded in 1985 and began publishing bilingual books for both children and adults, prominently including books about the Mexico–United States border region. The publisher was subject to controversy in 1999 when it published The Story of Colors by Subcomandante Marcos.
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Cinco Puntos Press is an imprint of publishing company Lee & Low Books. It was founded in 1985 and began publishing bilingual books for both children and adults, prominently including books about the Mexico–United States border region. The publisher was subject to controversy in 1999 when it published The Story of Colors by Subcomandante Marcos.
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It was sold to Lee & Low Books in 2021.
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• Parent — Lee & Low Books • Founded — 1985 • Founder — Bobby Byrd and Lee Byrd • Country — United States • Headquarters — El Paso, Texas • Distribution — Consortium Book Sales & Distribution • Publications — Books • Url — http: www.cincopuntos.com
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History
Cinco Puntos Press was founded by novelist Lee Merrill Byrd and poet Bobby Byrd in 1985. It became known for publishing books with a multi-cultural and political focus for both children and adults, with a focus on bilingual children's books and fiction and non-fiction about the Mexico–United States border region. Cinco Puntos received national notoriety when, in March 1999, it published the book The Story of Colors / La Historia de los colores written by Subcomandante Marcos, the leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in Mexico, causing the National Endowment for the Arts to pull funding for the publisher. The Lannan Foundation provided Cinco Puntos Press with twice the amount of the lost funding, and Cinco Puntos Press sold out their first printing of the book in days. Cinco Puntos Press was sold to Lee & Low Books in June 2021.
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Significant awards
The company has won several awards: • Lannan Foundation, 2005—Publisher Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd awarded Cultural Freedom Fellowships for Excellence in Publishing • Before Columbus Foundation, The American Book Award, 1999, for Excellence in Publishing • Rocky Mountain Publishing Association—the Dwight A. Myers Award, 1997, for Excellence in Regional Publishing • Border Regional Library Association—the Southwest Book Award, 1993, for Excellence in Publishing In addition, author Benjamin Alire Sáenz won a PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and a Lambda Literary Award in 2013 for his book Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club, published by Cinco Puntos in 2012.
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- 1.Nawotka, Ed. The Byrds of Cinco Puntos Press Say Goodbye. Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC.
- 2.Cinco Puntos Press Website: About Us
- 3.National Endowment for the Arts. NPR, March 10, 1999.
- 4.NEA Couldn't Tell a Book by Its Cover. The New York Times, March 10, 1999
- 5.NEA Cancels Grant to Children's Book Written by Marcos; Lannan Foundation Will Provide the Money. Artscope, Marcy 11, 1999.
- 6.Cinco Puntos Press Website: Authors
- 7.Lannan Foundation: Bobby Byrd and Lee Merrill Byrd Each Awarded 2005 Cultural Freedom Fellowship
- 8.Publishers Weekly: And the Winners Were...
- 9.Cinco Puntos Press: Awards
- 10.Taos Writers Conference: Lee and Bobby Byrd
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