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Madrid-based Spanish publishing house founded in 1990, specializing in Hispanic literature, literary studies and the humanities.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

Editorial Verbum is a Spanish publishing house founded in Madrid in 1990 by Pío Serrano and Aurora Claviño as a tribute to the magazine Verbum, created in Havana in 1937 by José Lezama Lima, Gastón Baquero and other members of the Grupo Orígenes. Since 2012 it has been directed by the Hispano-Cuban writer Luis Rafael Hernández, and it reports a catalogue of more than 3,000 published titles. It specializes in Hispanic literature, literary studies and the humanities, with reference collections such as Verbum Mayor, Verbum Menor and Verbum Ensayo, a Serie Literatura Coreana (1997), a Biblioteca Cubana collection, a Literatura Árabe line, and a comics and graphic-novel collection.

History

Editorial Verbum was founded in Madrid in 1990 by Pío Serrano and Aurora Claviño as a tribute to the magazine Verbum, created in Havana in 1937 by José Lezama Lima, Gastón Baquero and other members of the Grupo Orígenes. Since 2012 it has been directed by the Hispano-Cuban writer Luis Rafael Hernández and reports a catalogue of more than 3,000 published titles. Its catalogue includes the Verbum Mayor, Verbum Menor and Verbum Ensayo collections, a Serie Literatura Coreana launched in 1997, a Biblioteca Cubana collection, a Literatura Árabe line, and a comics and graphic-novel collection. The house also runs a Premio Internacional de Ensayo Humanístico, whose sixth edition was decided in 2026.

Products and positioning

Described as one of the most prestigious publishers in Spain, recognized in literary as well as academic and scientific spheres.

  • Verbum Mayor

  • Verbum Menor

  • Verbum Ensayo

  • Serie Literatura Coreana

  • Biblioteca Cubana

  • Literatura Árabe

  • Colección de Cómics y Novela Gráfica

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