Alianza Editorial is a Spanish publishing house founded in 1966 by José Ortega Spottorno, "with the idea of serving the intellectual aspirations of Spanish society of the time and represents a reference for various generations of readers who have known authors such as Clarín, Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Sigmund Freud, García Lorca, Albert Camus, Heinrich Heine, Hermann Hesse and Franz Kafka".
[1] Since 1989, Alianza has belonged to Grupo Anaya and is among other brands, Cátedra, Algaida, Eudemo and Ediciones Siruela—which, in turn, is part of Hachette Livre, of the Lagardère Group.
In its catalogue, one can find the works of Manuel Castells, Julián Marías, Anthony Giddens, Ramón Tamames, Giovanni Sartori, Miguel Artola and Isaiah Berlin, to name only a few authors.
In the field of contemporary fiction, Alianza has opened the door to writers such as Amin Maalouf, Yasmina Khadra, Peter Handke, Ismail Kadare, Anita Desai, Pavel Kohout and György Konrád.
It also draws attention to Spanish-language authors who have gained recognition through the Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones, a Spanish literary prize.