Arnoldo Mondadori

Arnoldo Mondadori, photo by Emilio Sommariva (1932)

Arnoldo Mondadori (2 November 1889 – 8 June 1971) was a noted Italian publisher.

Biography

Mondadori was born in Poggio Rusco, Mantua in 1889.

His publishing house Arnoldo Mondadori Editore was founded in 1907 and is today the largest in Italy.[1] After the First World War, Mondadori launched several successful book series including Gialli Mondadori in 1929, the first example of an Italian book series dedicated to detective and crime novels.[2] In 1935, through an agreement with Walt Disney, the publishing house began the publication of a children's magazines based on Disney comics characters, which ran until 1988, when the agreement between Mondadori and the Walt Disney Company ended.[3]

He died in Milan in 1971.

Notes

  1. ^ Milliot, Jim (25 August 2017). "The World's 54 Largest Publishers, 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ Decleva, Enrico (2007). Arnoldo Mondadori. Turin: UTET. pp. 150–153. ISBN 978-8802076737.
  3. ^ Decleva, Enrico (2007). Arnoldo Mondadori. Turin: UTET. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-8802076737.

References

  • Enrico Decleva: Arnoldo Mondadori. Turin: UTET. 2007.
  • Maria Iolanda Palazzolo: "Mondadori, Arnaldo". In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Vol. 75: Miranda–Montano. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome: 2011.