Sellerio Editore
Sellerio Editore is an Italian publisher founded in 1969 in Palermo, by Elvira Giorgianni and her husband Enzo Sellerio, encouraged by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the anthropologist Antonino Buttitta.
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- Sellerio Editore S.r.l.
- Founded
- 1969
- Headquarters
- Palermo
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Sellerio Editore is an Italian publisher founded in 1969 in Palermo, by Elvira Giorgianni and her husband Enzo Sellerio, encouraged by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the anthropologist Antonino Buttitta.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sellerio Editore S.r.l. • Type — Società a responsabilità limitata • Industry — Publishing • Products — Books • Services — Publishing of books • Revenue — €12.2 million • Revenue Year — 2018 • Founded — 1969 (Palermo, Italy) • Hq Location City — Palermo • Hq Location Country — Italy • Website — sellerio.it
History
History
After some titles published in the first collection, of suggestive name La civiltà perfezionata (The improved civilization), the publisher gained visibility with the publication in 1978 of Leonardo Sciascia's L'affaire Moro (The case Aldo Moro). From then on the number of collections grows, starting with La memoria (The memory), today practically a symbol of the italian publisher. Among the writers who have collaborated with the publishing house: Gesualdo Bufalino, launched in 1981, winner of the Campiello Prize and Strega Prize and Andrea Camilleri ("father" of Montalbano). From 1983 onwards Elvira Sellerio started to dedicate herself only to narrative and essay publications while Enzo Sellerio started to take care of art and photography publications. Among the collections that have gradually been constituted are also specialized series, such as La città antica (The ancient city), from classical culture, and the Sicilian Library of History and Literature (Sicilian Library of history and letteratura). By 2020 the Sellerio catalog has more than three thousand titles. After the death of Elvira Sellerio in 2010 the publisher continues to be under the direction of the founder Enzo Sellerio, together with his son Antonio and Olivia Sellerio, in addition to the researcher Salvatore Silvano Nigro.
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Book series
Book series
• La memoria • La rosa dei venti • Il contesto • Il divano • Alle 8 di sera • Nuovo prisma • La nuova diagonale • Galleria • Le indagini di Montalbano • Biblioteca siciliana di storia e letteratura • Corti • Il castello • Il gioco delle parti. Romanzi giudiziari • Il mare • La diagonale • Le parole e le cose • Tutto e subito • Fine secolo • Quaderni della Biblioteca siciliana di storia e letteratura • L'Italia • La città antica • Teatro • Nuovo Museo • L'isola • La civiltà perfezionata • Fantascienza • Prisma • Museo • La pietra vissuta • Le favole mistiche • Fuori collana • App • Narrativa per la scuola • La memoria illustrata • I cristalli • I cristallini • Varia • Cataloghi • Bel vedere • Diorama • L'occhio di vetro • La Cuba
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
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1969
Sellerio Editore established.
1969
Sellerio Editore is recorded from 1969.
1969
Sellerio Editore was established or created in 1969.
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Italian writers
Italian writers
• Illustration — The Sellerio stand at the Salone del libro in 2017. • Luisa Adorno • Sebastiano Aglianò • Giulio Angioni • Maria Attanasio • Sergio Atzeni • Gesualdo Bufalino • Davide Camarrone • Andrea Camilleri • Luciano Canfora • Gianrico Carofiglio • Vincenzo Consolo • Ugo Cornia • Augusto De Angelis • Marco Ferrari • Pietro Grossi • Carlo Lucarelli • Marco Malvaldi • Antonio Manzini • Lorenza Mazzetti • Giovanni Merenda • Maria Messina • Andrea Molesini • Angelo Morino • Laura Pariani • Santo Piazzese • Alessandro Robecchi • Francesco Recami • Federico Maria Sardelli • Gaetano Savatteri • Furio Scarpelli • Giorgio Scerbanenco • Leonardo Sciascia • Adriano Sofri • Fabio Stassi • Antonio Tabucchi • Turi Vasile • Giosuè Calaciura
Television series based on Sellerio books
Television series based on Sellerio books
• Inspector Montalbano – Le indagini di Montalbano • The Young Montalbano – La memoria
Context
Primary material
Context
The circumstances in which Sellerio Editore stands. Recorded at coordinates 38.1267, 13.3497. Established or created in 1969. Editore has its headquarters at Palermo. Recorded as publishing house. Founded by Enzo Sellerio. Editore operates in publishing. Situated in Italy.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- 1968. L'autunno di Praga, by Demetrio Volcic nota di Sergio Valzania, Palermo, Sellerio editore, 2008, 192 ., €12.00 (paperback), ISBN 88-389-2296-9, Modern Italy, 2012
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2012
- FILIPPO PARLATORE, Mie memorie, a cura di Agnese Visconti, Palermo, Sellerio editore, 1992, 482 ., 32 illustrazioni fuori testo, lire 50.000, Nuncius, 1992
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1992
- Franco Venturi, Giovinezza di Diderot (1713-1753), Palermo, Sellerio editore, 1988, Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie, 1991
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1991
- STANISLAO CANNIZZARO, Sunto di un corso di filosofia Chimica. Commento e nota storica di Luigi Cerruti. Introduzione di Leonello Paoloni, Palermo, Sellerio Editore, 1991, 286 pp. («Biblioteca siciliana di storia e letteratura» 27), Nuncius, 1991
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1991
reference work
- “Sellerio Editore”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1159728283, Sellerio editore.
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- 1.Elvira Sellerio obituary. The Guardian. 23 August 2010.
- 2.Io, l'amore dei Sellerio per i libri e un'avventura che dura da 50 anni. Il Sole 24 Ore. 6 May 2019.
- 3.L'AFFAIRE MORO: SCIASCIA SULLE TRACCE DEL PRIGIONIERO. Minima & Moralia. 9 May 2020.
- 4.La vita. Fondazione Gesualdo Bufalino.
- 5.Bufalino e la scommessa di Elvira Sellerio. Insieme Ragusa. 7 June 2013.
- 6.I 50 anni di Sellerio una storia siciliana dipinta di blu. la Repubblica. 15 February 2019.
- 7.Per i suoi 50 anni Sellerio pubblica "Cinquanta in blu. Otto racconti gialli". Vivere Giovani. 13 September 2019.
- 8.Antonio Sellerio: "I nostri primi cinquant'anni, dalla crisi a Camilleri". la Repubblica. 10 May 2019.
- 9.Elvira Sellerio, la sirena dal polso fermo che amava i libri come figli. Il Foglio. 3 August 2010.
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scholarly publication
Verifiedscholarly publication
FILIPPO PARLATORE, Mie memorie, a cura di Agnese Visconti, Palermo, Sellerio editore, 1992, 482, 32 illustrazioni fuori testo, lire 50.000, Nuncius, 1992Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Franco Venturi, Giovinezza di Diderot (1713-1753), Palermo, Sellerio editore, 1988, Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie, 1991Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1159728283, Sellerio editore.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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