To this day, they are 8 the commemorative editions of the Royal Spanish Academyay its main objective is to recover literature, specifically that of such emblematic titles as Don Quixote. All were made for a specific date that either has to do with its author or something related to the work itself.
If you want to know which are the 8 commemorative editions of the RAE, in this article we present them to you. Do not forget that if you want more detailed information on each of the works, you can visit the following link of the RAE where he explains everything to us.
"Don Quixote", Miguel de Cervantes
The first time that "The Quijote" saw the light was in the year 1605, so when celebrated its fourth centenary in 2005 the academies of the Spanish language decided to make this commemorative edition in homage to one of the most translated books in the world.
This edition, in addition to telling the popular story of the famous gentleman, also includes the analyzes and studies of Mario Vargas Llosa, Francisco Ayala, Martín de Riquer, José Manuel Blecua, Guillermo Rojo, José Antonio Pascual, Margit Frenk and Claudio Guillén.
En 2015 It became a new commemorative book, to honor the four hundred years since the death of its authorMiguel de Cervantes.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez
This work translated into more than 40 languages It is one of the books most read by Spanish speakers. Its special edition was made thinking about the 80 years of its author in 2007, taking advantage of the IV International Congress of the Spanish Language, held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia).
In addition to being supervised and "polished" by GG Márquez himself, the following analyzes were added:
- "What I know about Gabriel"by Álvaro Mutis.
- «To give America a name. Tribute », by Carlos Fuentes.
- «One Hundred Years of Solitude: total reality, total novel ”, by Mario Vargas Llosa.
- "Gabriel García Márquez, in search of poetic truth"by Víctor García de la Concha.
- "Some literaries of One Hundred Years of Solitude"by Claudio Guillén.
- «One Hundred Years of Solitude in the Latin American novel«, By Pedro Luis Barcia.
- "The backyard"by Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda.
- «One Hundred Years of Solitude and the narrative of the real-wonderful American »by Gonzalo Celorio.
- "Truth shortcuts"by Sergio Ramírez.
"The most transparent region" by Carlos Fuentes
This commemorative edition was published in 2008, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the original publication of the work.
It is listed as one of the first works of the new Latin American novel. Like the previous one, "The most transparent region" it was revised by the author himself and texts by Carmen Iglesias, Juan Luis Cebrián and Gonzalo Celorio, among others, were also added.
Other commemorative works
In addition to the three books mentioned above, the 5 remaining works are:
Remember that on the RAE website you have all the information about these commemorative editions as well as the downloads of the special texts that accompany each one of them.