Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group

The Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group is a Spanish publisher founded in 1997 based in Madrid.

Sial Pigmalion Publishing Group
FoundersBasilio Rodríguez Cañada
José Ramón Trujillo
Country of originSpain
Headquarters locationMadrid, Spain
DistributionSpain and Latin America
Official websitewww.sialpigmalion.es

History and characteristics
José Ramón Trujillo and Basilio Rodríguez Cañada, co-founders of the Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group

The Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group was founded in 1997 in Madrid by the writer, editor and professor Basilio Rodríguez Cañada, former president of the Spanish Association of Africanists and current president of the PEN Club of Spain, and José Ramón Trujillo, professor of the Autonomous University of Madrid.[1][2][3] The group, comprised by the publishers Sial Ediciones and Pigmalión Edypro, works with "cultural communication, event organization, and the edition of works of narrative, poetry, essay, theater, literary criticism, university, cinema, and children's books" according to its website.[4]

Members of the Sial Pigmalion Publishing Group at the 78th Madrid Book Fair

Every year the publishing house awards numerous literature prizes, among them the "Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer" International Literature Prize, "Rubén Darío" International Literature Prize,[5] "Justo Bolekia Boleká" International African Literature Prize, Sial Pigmalión Awards for Narrative, poetry, Thought and Essay,[6][7] "Virginia Woolf" International Prize, "Lord Byron" International Young Literature Prize, "Anaïs Nin" International Erotic Literature Prize,[8] "Esquilo" International Theater Prize, and the Escriduende Awards.[9][10]

Outside of Spain, the Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group has strong ties with Africa and Latin America,[11][12] with distribution in Colombia and authors from many countries in the two regions.[13][14]

Sial Pigmalión has carried out various cooperation, development and cultural dissemination projects in countries such as Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Germany, Tunisia, Philippines, Colombia, Spain, etc.[15][16] In April 2015, the publisher delivered 1,650 books, valued at 35,000 euros, to the Spanish departments of six universities in Cairo, Egypt with the aim of "promoting Spanish cultural cooperation".[17]

Collections
  • Casa de África
  • Trivium
  • Prosa Barroca
  • Contrapunto
  • Candilejas
  • Sial Narrativa
  • Pigmalión Narrativa
  • Fugger Libros
  • Ex Libris
  • Sial Silos
  • Litecom
  • Lumiére
  • El Basilisco
  • Extremadura
  • Eros
  • Magíster

Awards

In 2018, the Sial Pigmalión Publishing Group received the "Gold Star" award from the Institute for Professional Excellence.[18] Two years later the group received the European Award for Business Quality granted by the European Association of Economy and Competition.[19]

References
  1. "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada defiende la importancia de la poesía en el mundo". www.diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "Sial Pigmalion – Basilio Biography". University of the Valley (Colombia) (in Spanish).
  3. "Facultad de Filosofía y Letras – Trujillo, José Ramón". www.uam.es. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. "¿Quiénes somos?". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. "El extremeño Hilario Jiménez, premio de literatura Rubén Darío 2020". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. "El embajador de Nicaragua en España gana el premio Sial Pigmalión". El Plural (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. "La colombiana Bella Clara Ventura, "Premio Internacional Sial Pigmalión de Poesía 2019"". Fedellando.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. "La venezolana Nery Santos, Premio Internacional de Literatura Erótica "Anaïs Nin" 2019". 21 Noticias (in Spanish). 24 November 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. "Entrega de los Premios Escriduende 2019". www.madridcultura.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. "Premios y reconocimientos". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  11. "La Feria del Libro de Cali". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 14 October 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  12. "V Encuentro internacional tunecino-español" (PDF).
  13. "The publishing house Sial Pigmalión presents two books written by authors from Equatorial Guinea". Africa Foundation (in Spanish).
  14. "Túnez: Ridha Mami gana el premio "Ibn Arabi" de literatura árabe". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  15. "Tres Culturas acoge en Sevilla desde este martes el IV congreso internacional de la Asociación de Hispanistas Árabes". www.europapress.es. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. "España y Guinea Ecuatorial, unas relaciones siempre complicadas > Blog África Vive". Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  17. "Editorial Pigmalión dona 1.650 libros a varias universidades egipcias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  18. "Basilio Rodríguez Cañada, recibió el premio "Estrella de Oro a la Excelencia Profesional"". Fedellando.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  19. Basilio (24 January 2020). "AEDEEC Otorga El Premio Europeo A La Calidad Empresarial". Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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