Joaquín Mortiz
Joaquín Mortiz was a Mexican publishing house founded by Joaquín Díez-Canedo in 1962. The name comes from the contraction of the pseudonym Joaquín M. Ortiz, which Díez-Canedo used to write to his family in Spain under the Franco regime. In this way, he avoided drawing attention to himself with the surname of his father, Enrique Díez-Canedo, who was a staunch supporter of the Second Spanish Republic.
Also recorded as Joaquin Mortiz
Joaquín Mortiz
- Founded
- 1962
- Founder
- Joaquín Díez-Canedo Manteca
- Headquarters
- Mexico
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Joaquín Mortiz was a Mexican publishing house founded by Joaquín Díez-Canedo in 1962. The name comes from the contraction of the pseudonym Joaquín M. Ortiz, which Díez-Canedo used to write to his family in Spain under the Franco regime. In this way, he avoided drawing attention to himself with the surname of his father, Enrique Díez-Canedo, who was a staunch supporter of the Second Spanish Republic.
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Mortiz quickly became one of the most important publishers in the country. It mainly published Mexican literature, but also works by authors from other countries. More than 80% of the books published were literature, including works by renowned authors. In 1967, it published Carlos Fuentes's novel Cambio de piel, which won Spain's Premio Biblioteca Breve in 1967. The book had been banned by censorship in Spain, where it was not published until 1974. Currently an imprint of Grupo Planeta following a 1983 merger. Its catalogue includes authors such as Jaime Sabines, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Juan José Arreola, Rosario Castellanos and Agustín Yáñez.
The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that joaquín Mortiz is recorded from 1962. Associated with Mexico.
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- Mexico
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- Jorge G. Castañeda, La utopía desarmada. Intrigas, dilemas y promesas de la izquierda en América Latina, México, Joaquín Mortiz/Planeta, 1993, 566 ., Estudios Latinoamericanos, 1994
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1994
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Ernesto Guevara, también conocido como El Che. México : Planeta-Joaquín Mortiz, 1996. 860 p, Estudios Sociológicos de El Colegio de México, 1998
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1998
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- “Joaquín Mortiz”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5932261: Joaquín Mortiz
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- 1.Ramos de Hoyos, María José. Instituciones: Editorial Joaquín Mortiz. Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. FLM–CONACULTA.
- 2.Ramos de Hoyos, María José. Autores: Joaquín Díez-Canedo. Enciclopedia de la literatura en México. FLM–CONACULTA.
- 3.Editorial Verbum. De Gabo a Mario: La estirpe del boom. 176. 2015. 978-84-9074-243-3.
- 4.Planeta se asocia con la editorial mexicana Joaquín Mortiz. El País. 18 June 1983.
- 5.FLM–CONACULTA. Instituciones: Editorial Planeta. Enciclopedia de la literatura en México.
- 6.Joaquín Mortiz. Grupo Planeta.
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