TW Foundation receives diploma: Best Edited Books – Award Winners 2024
The third prize in the Bibliophilia category was collected by: Miguel Sannt, president of the TW Foundation, and Carlos Llonis Irigoyen, president of TW Group, representing our entire team. They were joined at the ceremony by Virginia Michelena Iturria, vice president of TW Group and member of the foundation’s board of trustees.
The jury highlighted its “parchment binding, with irregular edges, handmade headbands, and hand-painted spine.”
The work, created by the professor and director of the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarre at the University of Navarre, 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮́𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮, designed by 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗼 and bound by the Cistercian nuns of the Royal Monastery of Santa Lucía (Zaragoza), pays tribute to Juan de Palafox, a native of Navarre, viceroy and bishop of Puebla, a figure who unites two cultures that are essential to TW Group: Navarre and Mexico.
”Receiving this diploma from the Ministry of Culture is a tribute to a way of understanding knowledge. Palafox founded the first public library on the American continent in Puebla, now the Palafoxiana Library, convinced that books should be available to everyone. That spirit—opening doors, sharing knowledge, and leading with integrity—also inspires the work of the TW Foundation and our group,” said Carlos Llonis.
“This award represents recognition of excellence and our vocation to spread Navarrese culture with a global perspective,” said Miguel Sanz after the ceremony.
The book is part of the exhibition 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 W𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, which tours international fairs such as Frankfurt and Leipzig and will become part of the German Book and Type Museum.
