Daniel Divinsky, Editor of “Mafalda” and Key Figure in the Argentine Publishing Market for More than Half a Century, Died
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“Editing is an absolutely incurable disease,” said Daniel Divinsky. “The edition,” he also said, “is an addiction and there I will continue until the day of my death.” That day arrived this Friday, when the Argentine publisher had already reached 83 years and had left a deep mark on the country’s cultural history, an imprint developed for almost six decades to work and talent, with a reader’s and commercial eye, especially since Ediciones de la …
He had been one of the founders of Ediciones de la Flor and the promoter of Quino's publications on that label, for decades.
He died of a long-standing illness. He was for more than half a century one of the country’s leading publishers. He had founded with his former partner Ana Maria “Kuki” Miler Ediciones de la Flor.
He was 83 years old. He promoted iconic authors such as Quino, Fontanarrosa, Rodolfo Walsh, Maitena and Liniers. It leaves a deep mark on the country’s cultural history
The creator of Ediciones de la Flor, the publishing house he published in Mafalda, occupies a central place in Argentine cultural history.
At the age of 83 Daniel Divinsky, creator of Ediciones de la Flor and a fundamental figure in the cultural and editorial history of Argentina, died. The man who published Mafalda as a book and shot her into the world will remain in history as the driving force behind key authors such as Quino, Fontanarrosa, Rodolfo Walsh, Maitena and Liniers. In 2011, Divinsky was awarded by PERFIL with one of the Intelligence Awards, in the category Humanities …
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