Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard.
Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular
Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan (born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois chara ...
and
Jean d'Ormesson
Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of '' Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...
. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the managing director,
Christian Bourgois, took over the publishing house. Éditions Julliard was soon repurchased by the publishing house
Presses de la Cité
Presses de la Cité is a French publishing company founded in 1943 by Sven Nielsen (French publisher), Sven Nielsen, the son and grandson of booksellers, who came to Paris in 1924. Before becoming a publisher, Nielsen specialised in exporting Fren ...
. Christian Bourgois created his own publishing house in 1966.
In 1953, André Frank and Jean-Louis Barrault created the review of the Renaud-Barrault books (''Les Cahiers Renaud-Barrault''), published at Éditions Julliard until Julliard's death, then at Éditions Gallimard.
Éditions Julliard was revived in 1988, when Christian Bourgois decided to appoint
Élisabeth Gille as literary director. They sought out and published new talents, such as
Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre (born ''Lydie Arjona'' in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist.
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and
Régine Detambel, but also the great names of Éditions Julliard, like Françoise Sagan.
Christian Bourgois and Élisabeth Gille left the publishing house at the beginning of 1992, following internal disagreements with the Presses de la Cité. François Bourin succeeded them until 1995.
Starting in 1995, Betty Mialet and Bernard Barrault are managing directors of Éditions Julliard. They published, among others,
Philippe Besson
''Philippe Besson'' (born 29 January 1967 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente) is a French writer.
Life
In 1999, Besson, a law graduate, was inspired to write his first novel, ''En l'absence des hommes'' while reading of accounts of ex-service ...
,
Jacques-André Bertrand,
Laurent Bénégui
Laurent may refer to:
*Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname
**Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent
**Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician
**Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...
,
Philippe Djian,
Yasmina Khadra
Mohammed Moulessehoul ( ar, محمد مولسهول; born January 10, 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra ( ar, ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algeri ...
,
Mazarine Pingeot
Mazarine Marie Pingeot (born 18 December 1974) who changed her name to Mazarine Marie Mitterrand Pingeot in November 2016, is a French writer, journalist and professor.
Biography
Pingeot is the daughter of former French president François Mit ...
,
Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé (26 February 1953 – 18 October 2022) was a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was the partner of actress Miou-Miou.
Teulé’s book ''Le magasin des suicides'' ('' The Suicide Shop''), published in 2007, has been tu ...
,
Denis Robert
Denis Robert (born 9 May 1958) is a French investigative journalist, novelist and filmmaker. He formerly worked for twelve years for the newspaper ''Libération''. Robert's books, films and press interviews, denouncing the opaque workings of the ...
, and
Danièle Saint-Bois.
External links
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Official site of Éditions Julliard
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Book publishing companies of France
Editis