Private company

Edelsa

Spanish publisher

Edelsa, also Edelsa Grupo Didascalia S.A., is a Spanish language publisher of textbooks and materials for language teaching and studying especially of Spanish as a foreign language.2 It is part of Grupo Anaya.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1986Founded1

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Edelsa, also Edelsa Grupo Didascalia S.A., is a Spanish language publisher of textbooks and materials for language teaching and studying especially of Spanish as a foreign language.2

Corporate structure

Edelsa is part of a group headed by Lagardère Group. 97 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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The story

Edelsa was found in 1986 and from the beginning the published books for students of Spanish language as a foreign language.

In 1988 they bought Edi 6 publishers with their series called: "Español como Lengua Extranjera (E/L.E.)". Since this time Edelsa is more focused for Spanish textbooks, dictionaries, grammares and other related books. In 1995 Edelsa was bought by French Hachette-Livre publishers from Lagardère group. At this time Edelsa is one of the biggest publishers on the field of Spanish teaching materials of Spanish as a foreign language. Other important publishers on the field are SGEL, DIFUSIÓN, EDICIONES SM and SANTILLANA.

In the 2010s, the publishing house began a digitization process, creating multimedia products, virtual platforms, online libraries, and e-books.

From Wikipedia’s article on Edelsa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1986Founded Founded1

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