Rosellina Archinto, who built Italian children's publishing, dies at 93
The Italian editor founded Emme Edizioni, Archinto Editore and Babalibri, and helped shape a modern illustrated-book tradition across Italy and France.
Rosellina Archinto, an Italian editor regarded as a pioneer of children's literature in Italy, died on 21 August in Santa Margherita Ligure at the age of 93, according to Livres Hebdo.
Archinto founded Emme Edizioni and Archinto Editore, two Italian houses through which she built a reputation for publishing ambitious illustrated books for children. She later founded Babalibri, a house she ran as a co-edition with the French publisher L'École des loisirs, extending her work into the French market.
Livres Hebdo's announcement gives no further detail on her career or on the specific titles and authors she published, but her founding of three successive houses across two countries marks her as a formative figure in shaping how illustrated children's books were made and distributed in Italy and France.
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