In 2012, Alma Books acquired full stakes in Oneworld Classics, which was renamed Alma Classics.[4] In the same year Alma Books received the Premio Nazionale per la Traduzione[5] by the Italian Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali for their contribution to the promotion of Italian culture abroad. Since the award's inauguration in 1989, it had never before been awarded to a British publisher.