Graciano García García

He holds a degree from the Official Journalism School of Madrid.

In 1961 he began his professional career at the newspaper La Nueva España in Oviedo, while collaborating with diverse national publications. On 24 May 1969 he founded the Asturias Semanal magazine, which became a vehicle for expressing the voice of democratic sentiment in Asturias, which he directed from its beginnings until 1977.

In 1978 he was promoter and director of Asturias Diario Regional newspaper, where he remained until 26 June 1979.

Graciano García has been the promoter of pioneering cultural and journalistic enterprises in Asturias engaged in the struggle for freedom. In 1989 he founded Ediciones Nobel, which has published works of great value and cultural richness since its inception. Currently focused on European and Latin American markets, Nobel has offices in several countries. Due to his initiative, 1996 saw the creation of literary magazine Clarín, one of the most important in this speciality, and recipient of the "Jovellanos" International Essay Award, one of the most prestigious Spanish-language prizes, which is granted annually since 1994.