Huellas de Cuncuna

The National Publisher Quimantú’s editions dedicated to the children’s world were supported by the Educational Children’s Publications Department of Universidad de Chile. The Cuncuna collection, aimed at preschool children, comprised two series: Cuncuna Cuentos and Cuncuna Pintamonos. The first presented stories and poems, with adult supplements, by national authors like Marta Brunet, Floridor Pérez, and Walter Garib, and international authors like Oscar Wilde, Horacio Quiroga, and the Grimm Brothers, among others, as well as anonymous tales from other regions. Each issue was illustrated by artists like Guido, Nato, Hervi, Marta Carrasco, María Angélica Pizarro, Irene Domínguez, and others. Pintamonos was a series of coloring books. (Source: Memoria Chilena).

About the Founder

Arturo Navarro Ceardi | Founder and director of the Cuncuna Collection, Navaro is both a sociologist and journalist. He was the executive director of the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho and a professor of Cultural Policies for the Master’s program in Cultural Management dictated by Universidad de Chile. Navarro is also the author of children’s books, such as the compilation of Chilean oral literature “Pin Uno, Pin Dos” (Ekaré).

In 2006, he published “Cultura: ¿quién paga? Gestión, infraestructura y audiencias en el modelo chileno de desarrollo cultural.” In 2009, as director of the Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho, he received the VI° Reina Sofía International Award for Conservation and Restoration of Heritage. He was awarded the Order of Merit for Teaching and Cultural Gabriela Mistral. His professional goal is to actively collaborate in the improvement of cultural policies and influence their dissemination in society. Arturo refers to himself as a storyteller.