Fondo de Cultura Económica, or Fund for Economic Culture, was established in 1934 by officials at the economics school of Mexico’s national university. The beloved Latin American institution, remains one of the most important publishing houses in the Spanish language.

“Carlos Fuentes, Jorge Luis Borges and Octavio Paz were all published by the FCE, which retains a catalog with more than 6,000 books in print. Among the highlights of its history was the publication in 1955 of the first edition of the classic novel “Pedro Paramo,” by Juan Rulfo, and the first widely available version of the Mayan creation story, “Popol Vuh,” published in 1947.”

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