Baldini & Castoldi

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Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore is an Italian publishing house, founded in 1897 and located under the arcades of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan.[1][2][3] Baldini & Castoldi changed its name to Dalai Editore in 2011, and "Baldini & Castoldi" became a series of Dalai Editore. The company has published several successful authors.

Baldini & Castoldi stand, 2016 Turin International Book Fair

History[change | change source]

In 1940 the management was renewed with the arrival of Enrico Castoldi that opened more to the presence in the catalog of foreign authors (especially Hungarian),[1][4] but begin a descent of sales that took it to suspend its activities in 1970.[1][5]

Published authors[change | change source]

Some of the publisher's most successful authors are Enrico Brizzi, Giorgio Faletti, Fabio Geda, Gianluca Arrighi, Antonio Pennacchi, Aldo Busi[1] and, since 1993, Paolo Mereghetti with his Dictionary of the film.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Paolo Di Stefano, Paolo Di (2011). Potresti anche dirmi grazie: Gli scrittori raccontati dagli editori. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-8858600597.
  2. Luciano Genta (19 October 1991). "Dalai: così rifaccio la Baldini & Castoldi". La Stampa. p. 7.
  3. Simone Mosca (5 February 2013). "Un quadro e cento libri per ricordare Baldini". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  4. Marchetti, Ada Gigli; Finocchi, Luisa (1997). Stampa e piccola editoria tra le due guerre. F. Angeli, 1997. ISBN 9788846403476.
  5. Istituto Enciclopedia Italiana. Enciclopedia Treccani Tre Volumi. Ist. Enciclopedia Italiana, 2009.