Ediciones 98

Ediciones 98 is a Spanish independent publishing house founded in Madrid in 2007. It describes itself as an independent editorial and has built its identity around the recovery, reissue and diffusion of fundamental works of Spanish literature, including forgotten texts, critical editions, biographies, memoirs and epistolary collections. Its catalogue is organised into four main collections: contemporary novel, theatre, poetry and essay in Castilian (by Spanish and Latin American authors); social, political and literary history; critical, annotated and commented editions; and biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and unpublished correspondence. The publisher is particularly associated with the rescue of testimonies and literary works connected to the Spanish Civil War. On its website it explains that it has recovered books written during the war by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez and Concha Espina that had not been republished until now, ninety years later, and it frames this work as a contribution to the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the conflict. It has also published a series of Civil War-related titles by Concha Espina, including Diario de una prisionera, Retaguardia: Imágenes de vivos y muertos and Luna roja: Novelas de la guerra. Another defining line of its catalogue is the work of the Galician writer Álvaro Cunqueiro. By 2026 Ediciones 98 had published six works by Cunqueiro: Los otros feriantes, Escuela de curanderos y fábula de varia gente, Gente de aquí y acullá, Las crónicas del sochantre, La taberna de Galiana and Merlín y familia. The publisher also maintains related initiatives such as the Ruta Literaria Virtual: Álvaro Cunqueiro en Mondoñedo, and its editor Jesús Blázquez has spoken publicly about the recovery of Cunqueiro's work in Castilian. Ediciones 98 also publishes authors such as Josep Pla, Pío Baroja, Ricardo Baroja, Juan Valera, César González Ruano, Elena Quiroga, Ciro Bayo, Eduardo Blanco-Amor, Lafcadio Hearn, Stefan Zweig, Julio Caro Baroja, Santiago Riopérez y Milá and José Luis Abellán. In 2012 it published César González Ruano's La vida de prisa, and in 2021 it issued the complete diaries of Stefan Zweig. The house sells directly through its website, offers discounts on orders over 30 euros, and participates in events such as the Feria del Libro de Madrid and the Congreso sobre Álvaro Cunqueiro in Ortigueira. It remains a private, independent publisher based in Madrid.

Ediciones 98 is a Spanish publishing house founded in Madrid in 2007. From its beginnings it has operated as an independent editorial, building a catalogue around the recovery of literary works, historical testimonies and critical editions rather than around mass-market commercial publishing. Its name and identity evoke the year 1898, a symbolic date in Spanish cultural history, though the publisher itself was established more than a century later. The house organises its output into four collections. The first, described on Wikipedia as the flagship of the publisher, covers novel, theatre, poetry and essay by contemporary authors writing in Castilian, both Spanish and Latin American; it is said to have published 100 titles in this line, including works by Josep Pla, Pío Baroja, Ricardo Baroja, Juan Valera and César González Ruano. The second collection is devoted to social, political and literary history, with authors such as Santiago Riopérez y Milá and José Luis Abellán. The third comprises critical, annotated and commented editions. The fourth gathers biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and unpublished epistolary collections, including texts by Julio Caro Baroja and Wenceslao Fernández Flórez. A significant early milestone came in 2012, when Ediciones 98 published La vida de prisa, the short stories César González Ruano wrote after his time in Paris, Rome and Berlin during the Civil War. González Ruano had arrived in Sitges in 1943 after almost eight years outside Spain, and the volume formed part of the publisher's effort to bring back overlooked twentieth-century Spanish prose. Over the following decade the publisher deepened its commitment to recovering testimonies of the Spanish Civil War. On its website it explains that it has published books written during the conflict by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez and Concha Espina, two major Spanish writers who suffered persecution during the war, one in Madrid and the other in Cantabria. Ediciones 98 presents these recoveries as an exceptional contribution, noting that few autobiographical accounts or war diaries by major authors exist, and even fewer memoirs by women. In the run-up to the 90th anniversary of the Civil War, it issued a series of related titles by Concha Espina, including Diario de una prisionera, Retaguardia: Imágenes de vivos y muertos and Luna roja: Novelas de la guerra. Another central strand of the catalogue is the work of the Galician writer Álvaro Cunqueiro. By 2026 Ediciones 98 had published six of his works: Los otros feriantes, Escuela de curanderos y fábula de varia gente, Gente de aquí y acullá, Las crónicas del sochantre, La taberna de Galiana and Merlín y familia. The publisher also created the Ruta Literaria Virtual: Álvaro Cunqueiro en Mondoñedo, an initiative offering new ways to approach the writer's life and work. In October 2026, editor Jesús Blázquez participated in the Congreso sobre Álvaro Cunqueiro in Ortigueira, organised by the association Terras do Ortegal, with a talk titled 'Presencia y ausencia de Álvaro Cunqueiro: el rescate en Ediciones 98', which was broadcast live on the publisher's Instagram profile. In 2021 the house edited the complete diaries of Stefan Zweig. Jesús Blázquez explained to El País that the edition relied on the English law establishing a copyright term of 70 years after the author's death, applicable to Zweig, who had obtained British nationality a few years before his suicide in Brazil; Zweig died on 22 February 1942. This episode illustrates the publisher's method of combining literary recovery with careful attention to rights and public-domain status. Ediciones 98 sells directly to readers through its website, offering a 10% discount and free shipping on orders over 30 euros, and it maintains a visible presence at book fairs and literary congresses, including the Feria del Libro de Madrid. It remains a private, independent publisher based in Madrid, with Jesús Blázquez as its editor.

• 2026

  Participates in the Congreso sobre Álvaro Cunqueiro in Ortigueira and in the Feria del Libro de Madrid.

• 2021

  Edits the complete diaries of Stefan Zweig.

• 2012

  Publishes César González Ruano's La vida de prisa.

• 2007

  Ediciones 98 is founded in Madrid.

Independent Spanish publisher specialising in the recovery and reissue of forgotten or hard-to-find literary works, critical editions and historical testimonies, with a strong focus on Spanish Civil War literature and major Spanish and Galician authors.

• Diario de una prisionera

  Civil War testimony by Concha Espina, published by Ediciones 98.

• Retaguardia: Imágenes de vivos y muertos

  Civil War testimony by Concha Espina, published by Ediciones 98.

• Luna roja: Novelas de la guerra

  Civil War novel by Concha Espina, published by Ediciones 98.

• La taberna de Galiana

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Merlín y familia

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Los otros feriantes

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Escuela de curanderos y fábula de varia gente

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Gente de aquí y acullá

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Las crónicas del sochantre

  Work by Álvaro Cunqueiro published by Ediciones 98.

• Plácida, la joven

  Novel by Elena Quiroga published by Ediciones 98.

• Con Dorregaray. Una correría por El Maestrazgo

  Work by Ciro Bayo published by Ediciones 98.

• Los biosbardos

  Work by Eduardo Blanco-Amor published by Ediciones 98.

• Relatos lejanos

  Work by Lafcadio Hearn published by Ediciones 98.

• La vida de prisa

  Short stories by César González Ruano published by Ediciones 98 in 2012.

• Complete diaries of Stefan Zweig

  Complete diaries edited by Ediciones 98 in 2021.

1. 1Ediciones 98 official websiteediciones98.com
2. 2Libros sobre la Guerra Civil española – Ediciones 98ediciones98.com
3. 3Ediciones 98 participa en el Congreso sobre Álvaro Cunqueiro en Ortigueira – Ediciones 98ediciones98.com
4. 4Ediciones 98 – Wikidatawikidata.org
5. 5Ediciones 98 – Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org