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Poklonka Editores

Poklonka Editores is a small independent publishing house that promotes cultural exchange between distant countries through literary translation.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

Poklonka Editores is a small independent publishing house (a 'small press') whose stated mission is to contribute, within its modest reach, to cultural exchange between different and distant countries through translation — a resource it describes as 'treacherous' yet still incontrovertible for mutual approach and understanding. The publisher operates a Spanish-language catalogue that mixes translated world literature with original Spanish-language titles, spanning fiction, essays, memoir and poetry. The catalogue visible on the publisher's own site includes titles such as 'Baba Yagá y la mamá de un ángel', 'Mi patria es el universo', 'Narraciones indómitas', 'La estrella y la cruz', 'El protagonista', 'Ibikus', 'La imperdonada', 'El diablo en Riga y otros cuentos', 'Rosario de mis días', 'El tigre Gregorio y otros cuentos', 'Bianca', 'Las reglas del filósofo', 'Jacobo', 'Los amaneceres son aquí apacibles...', 'Ladridos lejanos', 'Inquietud', 'Lo evidente', 'Alucinación', 'Gatos voladores', 'El amo', 'Picos y patas', 'Mengele Zoo', 'Carta en respuesta a Helga', 'A orillas de la noche', 'El hombre anfibio', 'Rusia, Crimea, historia', 'El último llamado', 'Amigos, por encima de todo', 'Concierto póstumo de Jimi Hendrix', 'Más allá...', 'Nueva literatura rusa' and 'Prosa femenina'. That list points to a strong Russian and Eastern European orientation — titles such as 'Ibikus', 'El diablo en Riga', 'Mengele Zoo', 'Nueva literatura rusa' and 'Rusia, Crimea, historia' suggest a programme built around translated Russian and Baltic-region literature alongside Latin American writing. The publisher presents itself as a cultural bridge rather than a mass-market house, and its output is best understood as literary translation and small-press editions. Poklonka Editores is a private, independent venture. It is not a listed company and no parent group or corporate owner is documented in the available evidence. Its public identity rests on its catalogue and its stated translation-centred mission rather than on scale, retail footprint or commercial rankings.

History

Poklonka Editores is documented as a small press. Its own 'Nosotros' (About us) page states that it was born with the idea of contributing, within its modest reach, to cultural exchange between different and distant countries through translation — a resource that, despite being 'treacherous', remains incontrovertible for mutual approach and understanding. That statement is the clearest articulation of the house's founding rationale: translation as a bridge between literatures and readerships that would otherwise remain apart. The publisher's catalogue, as presented on its website, shows a list weighted toward translated literature with a strong Russian and Eastern European presence. Titles such as 'Ibikus', 'El diablo en Riga y otros cuentos', 'Mengele Zoo', 'Nueva literatura rusa', 'Rusia, Crimea, historia' and 'Prosa femenina' sit alongside Spanish-language and Latin American titles, indicating a programme that pairs foreign translation with local writing. The catalogue also includes works that appear to be memoir or testimony, such as 'Carta en respuesta a Helga' and 'Rosario de mis días', and titles with a literary-fantastic or satirical bent, such as 'Gatos voladores', 'El hombre anfibio' and 'Alucinación'. Because the available evidence is limited to the publisher's own catalogue and about page plus a Wikidata item describing it as a small press, the detailed corporate history — founding date, founders, ownership changes, imprints and distribution arrangements — is not documented here. What can be said with confidence is that Poklonka Editores operates as an independent, private small press with a Spanish-language catalogue and a translation-centred editorial identity, and that its public presence is built around that catalogue rather than around scale or commercial visibility.

Products and positioning

Small independent literary press focused on cultural exchange between distant countries through translation.

  • Baba Yagá y la mamá de un ángel

  • Mi patria es el universo

  • Narraciones indómitas

  • La estrella y la cruz

  • El protagonista

  • Ibikus

  • La imperdonada

  • El diablo en Riga y otros cuentos

  • Rosario de mis días

  • El tigre Gregorio y otros cuentos

  • Bianca

  • Las reglas del filósofo

  • Jacobo

  • Los amaneceres son aquí apacibles...

  • Ladridos lejanos

  • Inquietud

  • Lo evidente

  • Alucinación

  • Gatos voladores

  • El amo

  • Picos y patas

  • Mengele Zoo

  • Carta en respuesta a Helga

  • A orillas de la noche

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