{{Short description|Brazilian publishing house}} {{Infobox company | name = Cosac Naify | logo =Cosac_Naify.jpg | founded = 1996 | founder = Charles Cosac | defunct = 2015 | hq_location_city = São Paulo, Brazil | industry = Publishing house | genre = Art books, fiction, and children's books }}

'''Cosac Naify''' ({{IPAc-pt|c|o|ˈ|S|a|c|-|ˈ|n|ei|f|i|lang=br}}) was a Brazilian publishing house which operated from 1996 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexojornal.com.br/expresso/2015/12/02/A-Cosac-Naify-vai-fechar.-Eis-os-livros-imperd%C3%ADveis-da-editora|title=A Cosac Naify vai fechar. Eis os livros imperdíveis da editora|work=Nexo Jornal|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}}</ref> Founded by Charles Cosac and Michael Naify, the publisher became known about their luxury designed art, humanities, novels and children's books; Charles Cosac described the house as a "cult publishing house, whose books are destined to scholars and art students".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/literatura,referencia-no-mercado-por-livros-de-arte-de-luxo--cosac-naify-fecha-as-portas,10000003450|title=Referência no mercado por livros de arte de luxo, Cosac Naify fecha as portas - Cultura - Estadão|work=Estadão|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}}</ref>

Cosac Naify debuted with the book ''Barroco de lírios'', by the artist Tunga.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Cosac deixa direção do Museu de Arte do Rio após menos de um mês |url=http://www.forumpermanente.org/noticias/2021/02/charles-cosac-deixa-direcao-do-museu-de-arte-do-rio-apos-menos-de-um-mes-1 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Fórum Permanente |language=pt-br}}</ref> The house published books by novelists such as Alejandro Zambra, valter hugo mãe, Enrique Vila-Matas,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/meus-livros/as-engrenagens-de-enrique-vila-matas/|title=As engrenagens de Enrique Vila-Matas {{!}} VEJA.com|date=2011-05-22|work=VEJA.com|access-date=2017-04-09|language=pt-BR}}</ref> Karen Blixen, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, and Victor Hugo. Among the children's books were works by Shel Silverstein, Maurice Sendak,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clicrbs.com.br/blog/jsp/default.jsp?source=DYNAMIC,blog.BlogDataServer,getBlog&uf=1&local=&template=3948.dwt&section=Blogs&post=258240&blog=433&coldir=1&topo=3994.dwt|title=Leia e veja onde vivem os monstros (Aldo Brasil, Joinville, SC) {{!}} Aldo Brasil|website=www.clicrbs.com.br|access-date=2017-04-09}}</ref> Edward Gorey and the ''Captain Underpants'' series.

The publisher closed its activities at the end of 2015; Cosac said the high costs of book production and his unwillingness to compromise its editorial line led him to that decision.<ref name=":0" /> Companhia das Letras has acquired some of Cosac Naify's catalogue, including the works of Dav Pilkey, Leo Tolstoy, and Shel Silverstein.

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