Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos

Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos is a Spanish monthly cultural magazine founded in 1948 and published by the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, now edited by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). It was created as a response to Cuadernos Americanos, founded in Mexico by Spanish republican writers. Its first director was the humanist Pedro Laín Entralgo, soon succeeded by the poet Luis Rosales, who shaped the magazine's profile. Over the decades, it has been directed by figures such as José Antonio Maravall, Félix Grande, Blas Matamoro, Benjamín Prado, Juan Malpartida, and, since September 2021, Javier Serena. The magazine has maintained an independent editorial line, offering a space for thought, criticism, and dissemination, aiming to bring together creation in the Spanish language without national perspectives. It has published works by major Hispanic and international authors, including Menéndez Pidal, Martin Heidegger, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Mario Vargas Llosa, and many others. In addition to its print edition, it is available online through its website and the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos began publication in January–February 1942, and has done so uninterruptedly until today. Originally edited by the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, it was born as a response to Cuadernos Americanos, founded in Mexico by Spanish republican writers. Its first director was the humanist Pedro Laín Entralgo, but very soon he was succeeded by the poet Luis Rosales, who largely shaped the magazine's profile. Rosales incorporated European Catholic writers such as Thomas Merton, Georges Bernanos, and Teilhard de Chardin; he supported the great Hispanic poets and dedicated a volume to Pablo Neruda. From 1966, the historian José Antonio Maravall directed the magazine, opening it to other subjects such as sociology, anthropology, and social economy. In the democratic era, in 1982, the poet Félix Grande, who had been on the editorial staff since Rosales's time, took over the direction. His dismissal in 1996 by the government of José María Aznar was controversial, giving way to the period of the Argentine-born Spanish essayist Blas Matamoro. Later, in 2008, a new government change led the poet and novelist Benjamín Prado to the direction. Finally, in 2012, the poet and critic Juan Malpartida took charge of its editorial line. Its director since September 2021 is the writer and critic Javier Serena. Its permanent editorial line over the years has been to offer a space for independent thought, criticism, and dissemination, with the will to bring together creation in the Spanish language without national perspectives, and striving to feature the most relevant Spanish-language authors of each generation. In 1963, an essay by Ramón de Garciasol that touched on the "forbidden" topic of the assassination of Federico García Lorca caused the withdrawal of the issue; another article of the same size by Rafael Cansinos Assens was composed and printed, the binding of all undistributed copies was cut by hand, the prohibited article was removed, and they were rebound with the Cansinos one. The case "reached ministers and caused the removal of the then director of the magazine, Luis Rosales." The magazine has published most of the important names of Hispanic American and Spanish literature. Being a publication focused on Spanish-language production, from its beginnings it had a universal will: many writers in other languages, and not only Hispanists, have published essays, poems, and academic studies in Cuadernos. Contributors include Menéndez Pidal, Martin Heidegger, Francisco Soler Grima, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Francisco Ayala, Yves Bonnefoy, Charles Tomlinson, George Steiner, Francisco Umbral, Roberto Juarroz, Enrique Molina, Alejandro Rossi, Fernando Savater, Rafael Cadenas, Pere Gimferrer, Mario Vargas Llosa, José Ángel Valente, José Balza, etc.; and more recent authors such as Ernesto Pérez Zúñiga, Carlos Franz, Marina Perezagua, Karla Suárez, Jorge Eduardo Benavides, Juan Carlos Chirinos, Sara Mesa, Juan Carlos Méndez Guédez, Manuel Vilas, Lina Meruane, Nona Fernández, Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Juan Villoro, Marta Sanz, Patricio Pron, Alan Pauls, María Negroni, Fernanda Trías, Emiliano Monge, Enrique Vila-Matas, Gabriela Wiener, Leila Guerriero, Rodrigo Fresán, etc. Currently it is a publication of AECID, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain. In addition to the print edition, Cuadernos is available on the internet on its own website www.cuadernoshispanoamericanos.com and in the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

• 2021

  Javier Serena becomes director in September.

• 2012

  Juan Malpartida takes charge of the editorial line.

• 2008

  Benjamín Prado becomes director after a government change.

• 1996

  Félix Grande dismissed by the Aznar government; Blas Matamoro becomes director.

• 1982

  Félix Grande becomes director in the democratic era.

• 1966

  José Antonio Maravall becomes director, broadening the magazine's scope.

• 1963

  Controversy over an essay on García Lorca's assassination leads to withdrawal of the issue and removal of director Luis Rosales.

• 1948

  Magazine officially founded (per some sources).

• 1942

  First issue published in January–February by the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica.

A prestigious, state-backed cultural magazine that serves as a platform for Hispanic literature and thought, with an independent editorial line and a universal outlook.

• Monthly print magazine

  Each issue features essays, poetry, and studies by Spanish-language and international authors.

• Online edition

  Available on the magazine's website and the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

1. 1Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos - Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
2. 2Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Official websitecuadernoshispanoamericanos.com