2001 founder washington cucurto javier barilaro and fernanda laguna country of origin argentina headquarters location buenos aires publication types la casa de cart n of mart n ad n el pianista of ricardo piglia el todo surca la nada of c sar aira and the bilingual volume of verses of haroldo de campos fiction genres literature official website http www.eloisacartonera.com.ar elo sa cartonera is an argentine cooperative publishing business of designers and writers . it publishes hand made books with extraordinary designs at a literary quality . 1 2 3 contents 1 background 2 recognition 3 references 4 external links background edit the initiative for elo sa cartonera was taken in 2001 when the argentine economy was at a crisis and people went on the streets to earn money . among them were the so called cartoneros translated cardboard people that worked on the streets to collect carton as a way of living . in these years the culture sector found itself in a deep crisis because books and artifacts were sold in reduced quantities . 1 2 3 due to this situation writer washington cucurto and plastic artists javier barilaro and fernanda laguna started making artist books made from waste cardboard . out of solidarity with the employed the objective of the making of art books was changed in 2003 to making literature accessible for anyone . 1 2 3 established as well as upcoming latin american writers have donated novels stage plays and poems with a result that ten years after the start more than 200 titles have been published . examples are la casa de cart n the cardboard house of mart n ad n el pianista the pianist of ricardo piglia el todo surca la nada the everything cuts the nothing of c sar aira and the bilingual volume of verses of haroldo de campos . 1 2 3 the texts are being bound manually in cardboard covers that have been handmade painted as well . elo sa cartonera publishes these works often at prices that are lower than the average paperback whilst the cartoneros are offered a better price for the cardboard . elo sa cartonera has been the example for more than sixty cardboard publishers in latin america and one in mozambique . 1 2 3 recognition edit in 2012 elo sa cartonera was rewarded with the principal award of the dutch prince claus awards for generation beauty intellectual incentives and income for many in a context of financial crisis and poverty . 1 references edit a b c d e f prince claus fund june 2012 report from the 2012 prince claus awards committee a b c d e anp pers support september 6 2012 prins claus prijzen 2012 dutch a b c d e volkskrant september 6 2012 prins claus prijs voor argentijnse uitgeverij dutch external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to elo sa cartonera . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elo sa cartonera & oldid 707571993 categories companies of argentinaargentine culturemedia in argentinapublishing companies of argentinalaureates of the prince claus awardmedia in buenos aireshidden categories articles with dutch language external linkscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 29 february 2016 at 16 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view