Longanesi
Longanesi, also known as Longanesi & C, is a publishing house based in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1946 by Leo Longanesi and industrialist Giovanni Monti. It initially got a large success thanks to some editorial series such as La buona società and La gaia scienza.
Also recorded as Longanesi & C.
Longanesi

Fausta Samaritani · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Longanesi & C.
- Founded
- 1946
- Founder
- Leo Longanesi
- Headquarters
- Milan
- Activity
- publishing
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Longanesi. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3259067 · wikipedia · Longanesi
In this article
Overview
Overview
After a period of crisis, Longanesi was relaunched by Mario Spagnol (1930–1999) through the acquisition of some prestigious publishing houses such as Guanda, Salani and Corbaccio and through some successful ventures in the field of paperbacks.

The Longanesi catalogue for 1949
Editorial team of Longanesi publishing house · Mauro Chiabrando, Il particolare superfluo. Atlante delle minuzie editoriali (2019, Luni Editrice)

Luciano Fontana, direttore del «Corriere della Sera», ha presentato lo scorso 19 giugno in aula Foscolo il suo ultimo libro “Un paese senza leader” (Longanesi). Con lui hanno dialogato il Prof. Fabio Rugge, Rettore dell’ateneo pavese e storico delle istituzioni politiche, e il Prof. Salvatore Veca, filosofo e docente di Filosofia politica allo IUSS. Nell’aula storica è intervenuto anche Roberto Ma
Università di Pavia · l Direttore del Corriere della Sera ha presentato Un Paese senza leader - Aula Foscolo, 19 giugno 2018
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Longanesi & C. • Status — active • Founder — Leo Longanesi Giovanni Monti • Country — Italy • Headquarters — Milan • Parent — Mauri Spagnol Publishing Group
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
The full dated record · 1 entries
1946
Longanesi established.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- Italy
Literature
Literature
Literature
“Il Borghese” e le arti visive negli anni di Longanesi (1950-1957), Elephant and castle, 2025
Magazzino Vita, Milano, Longanesi, 1996, Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, 1997
Scholarly footprint
Literature
Scholarly footprint
A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Longanesi, revision 1317432187 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Nanni Delbecchi (13 May 2016). "Longanesi fa settanta. Il 'Dottor Naso' aveva fiuto". Il Fatto Quotidiano. p. 20.
- 2.Longanesi. Treccani.
- 3.Biblioteca Longanesi & C., worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 4.se:Buona società, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 5."Il Cammeo" + Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 6."L'Elefante" + Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 7.Fantapocket + Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 8."La Fronda" + Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 9."gaja scienza" Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 10."gaia scienza" Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 11."La Ginestra" + Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 12.se:I libri pocket, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 13.se:I Marmi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 14.Piccola Biblioteca Longanesi, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- 15.se:La Vostra Via, worldcat.org. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Publishers and printers
5,459 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- London Record SocietyOrganisation
- London Stereoscopic and Photographic CompanyOrganisation
- Lone Pine PublishingOrganisation
- Lonely PlanetOrganisation
- Longhorn PublishersOrganisation
- LongmanOrganisation
- LoodusOrganisation
- Lookout GamesOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Longanesi?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.