50 Most Important Persons in the Spanish

50 Most Important Persons in the Spanish-Language Publishing
World
The Buenos Aires Book Fair called for votes to designate the 50 publishing
professionals whose actions and opinions have had the strongest impact on their
colleagues over the last years
Votes were received from all around the world and received by an ad hoc committee, which reported to
the Professional Section of the Fundación El Libro, the Fair’s organizers. Candidates had to be alive and
still active in the Spanish-language industry, but could belong to any country. The resulting list is a
catalogue of creative and stimulating innovators, who help us make better books every day.
Argentina: Daniel Divinsky (Ediciones de la Flor), Alberto Díaz (Emecé), Alejandro Katz (Katz Editores),
Gloria Rodrigué (Edhasa), Guillermo Schavelzon (Schavelzon Agencia Literaria), Jorge Álvarez (Editorial
Jorge Álvarez), Leandro de Sagastizábal (Tinta Fresca), Pablo Braun (Filba - Festival de Literatura de
Buenos Aires), Ana María Cabanellas (Claridad y Heliasta), Mempo Giardinelli (Fundación Mempo
Giardinelli), Nicolás Costa (International Editors), Hernán Casciari (Editorial Orsai).
Chile: José Manuel Zañartu (Editorial Zigzag), Arturo Infante (Cámara Chilena del Libro)
Colombia: Fernando Zapata (Cerlalc), Ana Roda (Biblioteca Nacional), Cristina Fuentes (Hay Festival
Cartagena - Colombia/Londres)
Germany: MichiStrausfeld (Editorial Fischer), Marifé Boix García(Feria del Libro de Frankfurt)
México: Ricardo Nudelman (Fondo de Cultura Económica), Christopher Dominguez-Michael (Crítico
literario), Consuelo Sáizar (Conaculta), Marcelo Uribe (Era), Tomás Granados Salinas (Fondo de Cultura
Económica), Jaime Labastida (Siglo XXI).
Spain: Jaume Vallcorba (Acantilado), Horacio Amorrortu (Amorrortu -España/Argentina), Jorge Herralde
(Anagrama), Paco Goyanes (Librería Cálamo), Pilar Reyes (Alfaguara - España/Colombia), Beatriz de
Moura (Tusquets), Claudio López Lamadrid (Mondadori), Jacobo Siruela (Atalanta), Juan Cruz Ruiz (El País
-crítico literario), Mercedes Casanovas (Agencia Literaria Mercedes Casanova), Ofelia Grande (Siruela),
Pedro del Carril (Salamandra), Carmen Balcells (Agencia Carmen Balcells), Antonio María Ávila
(Federación de Gremios de Editores de España), Francisco "Paco" Porrúa (Editorial Minotauro), Alberto
Borrás (Pre-Textos), Ignacio Echevarría (Crítico literario).
United States: Teresa Mlawer (Lectorum Publications), Adán Griego (Stanford University), Hortensia
Calvo (Tulane University), Linda Goodman (The Bilingual Publications), Pedro Huerta (Amazon
LatinAmerica), Patricia Arancibia (Barnes & Noble/Nook).
Uruguay: Alvaro Risso (Linardi y Risso), László Erdélyi (El País - crítico literario)
In Memoriam: Isay Klasse