{{Short description|Spanish publisher}} {{cleanup|date=June 2018|reason=Remnants of translate still present}}
{{Infobox publisher | name = Espasa-Calpe | parent = Casa del Libro | status = Defunct | founded = 1925 | founders = {{plainlist| * Nicolás María de Urgoiti * [[José Espasa Anguera]] * Pau Espasa i Anguera }} | successor = [[Grupo Planeta]] | country = Spain | headquarters = {{plainlist| * [[Buenos Aires]] * [[Chile]] * [[Uruguay]] * [[Peru]] * [[Mexico]] * [[Cuba]] }} | owner = Papelera Española }}
'''Espasa-Calpe''' was a Spanish publisher which existed during the 20th century. It was created in 1925,<ref name=SánchezArroyo>{{cite book |last=Sánchez Marroyo |first=Fernando |title=La España del siglo XX: economía, demografía y sociedad |year=2003 |publisher=Istmo |isbn=84-7090-383-7 |location=Madrid |page=207}}</ref> by the union of Editorial Calpe, founded by Nicolás María de Urgoiti in 1918,<ref>{{cite book |last=Sánchez Vigil |first=Juan Miguel |title=Calpe: Paradigma editorial, 1918-1925 |year=2005 |publisher=Trea |page=72}}</ref> and Editorial Espasa, founded by [[José Espasa Anguera|José]] and Pau Espasa i Anguera in 1860.<ref>{{cite book |last=Castellano |first=Philippe |title=Enciclopedia Espasa: historia de una aventura editorial |year=2000 |publisher=Espasa |page=26}}</ref>
The publisher, named Espasa-Calpe, was owned by Papelera Española.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cosío Villegas |first=Daniel |title=Extremos de América |year=2004 |orig-year=1949 |publisher=[[Fondo de Cultura Económica]] |location=México |page=249}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tuñón de Lara |first=Manuel |author-link=Manuel Tuñón de Lara |title=La España del siglo XX. |volume=I |year=2000 |orig-year=1966 |publisher=[[Akal (publisher)|Akal]] |location=Madrid |isbn=84-460-1105-0 |page=31}}</ref> It became one of the most important publishers in Spain.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pedraza Jiménez |first=Felipe B. |first2=Milagros |last2=Rodríguez Cáceres |title=Manual de literatura española X. Novecentismo y vanguardia: Introducción, prosistas y dramaturgos |year=1980 |publisher=Cénlit |page=120}}</ref> The publisher later founded the [[Enciclopedia Espasa]].<ref name=SánchezArroyo/>
Espasa-Calpe opened Casa del Libro in [[Gran Vía, Madrid]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Michael J.F. |last=Suarez |first2=H.R. |last2=Woudhuysen |title=The Book: A Global History |year=2014 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0199679416 |page=614}}</ref> which continued with the direction of Enciclopedia Espasa.<ref name=Caudet>{{cite book |last=Caudet |first=Francisco |title=Las cenizas del fénix: la cultura española en los años 30 |year=1993 |publisher=Ediciones de la Torre |isbn=84-7960-051-9 |location=Madrid |page=12}}</ref> In addition, it established a headquarters in [[Buenos Aires]], where it was extended into [[Chile]], [[Uruguay]], [[Peru]], [[Mexico]] and [[Cuba]].<ref name=Caudet/>
In 1991, Espasa-Calpe was acquired by [[Grupo Planeta]], which paid 15.000 million [[Spanish peseta]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gracia García |first=Jordi |first2=Domingo |last2=Ródenas de Moya |title=Más es más: sociedad y cultura en la España democrática, 1986-2008 |year=2009 |publisher=Iberoamericana |location=Madrid |page=116}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Moret |first=Xavier |title=Tiempo de Editores: Historia de la Edición en España, 1939-1975 |year=2002 |publisher=Destino |page=136}}</ref>
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