Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in
non-fiction book
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...
s with a particular focus on
Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the
Harmattan, a
trade wind in West Africa.
Description
L'Harmattan was founded in 1975. In 2013 it produced 500 magazines and 2,000 new books per year, both in print and as e-books, and has a backlist of 38,000 books, 33,000 e-books, and 1,700 videos, with about a third each on Europe, Africa, and the rest of the world.
A third of its titles are in literature, a tenth in history, and 5 per cent each in philosophy, current affairs, education, politics, sociology, and fine arts. Slightly fewer are published in economics, psychology, ethnology, languages, etc., but even these categories have hundreds of titles, for example 500 in languages,
and more languages taught than almost any other publisher.
L'Harmattan controls costs by requiring authors to prepare electronic manuscripts in final format, not paying royalties on the first few hundred copies, and having short print runs of only a few hundred for its most specialized books.
It has sales of 8.5 million euros per year, of which 2 million are exported.
Book series
In 2021, L'Harmattan was publishing 1,300 "collections" (book series),
Index des collections
editions-harmattan.fr. Retrieved 6 December 2021. including the following:
* "Afrique au cœur des lettres" (series editor: Jean-Pierre Orban
Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to:
People
* Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021-
* Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France
* Eugenia Pierre ( ...
)
* "Éducateurs et Préventions" (series editor: Pascal Le Rest
Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
** Blaise Pascal, Fre ...
)
* "Parlons..." (series editor: Michel Malherbe) - a series of language and culture learning books
* "Poètes des cinq continents" (series editor: Philippe Tancelin)
* "Questions alimentaires et gastronomiques" (series editor: Kilien Stengel
Kilien Stengel (born 1972 in Nevers ( Nièvre)), is a French gastronomic author, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He has worked at Gidleigh Park, Nikko Hotels, Georges V Hotel in Paris, and in a number of Relais & Châteaux restaurants (incl ...
)
* "Questions autochtones" (series editors: Simone Dreyfus-Gamelon
Simone may refer to:
* Simone (given name), a feminine (or Italian masculine) given name of Hebrew origin
* Simone (surname), an Italian surname
Simone may also refer to:
* ''Simone'' (1918 film), a French silent drama film
* ''Simone'' (1926 ...
, Patrick Kulesza Patrick may refer to:
*Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name
*Patrick (surname), list of people with this name
People
*Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint
* Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...
et Joëlle Chassin
Joëlle is a French feminine given name, the feminine form of Joel. Notable people with the name include:
* Joëlle Aubron (1959–2006), French anarchist
* Joëlle Békhazi (born 1987), Canadian water polo player
* Joëlle Bergeron (born 1949), ...
)
* "Questions contemporaines" (series editor: Bruno Péquignot
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...
)
* "Questions sociologiques" (series editors: François Hainard
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name
* Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters"
* Francis II of France, King ...
et Franz Schultheis Franz may refer to:
People
* Franz (given name)
* Franz (surname)
Places
* Franz (crater), a lunar crater
* Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada
* Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...
)
* "Univers musical" (series editor: Anne-Marie Green)
See also
*Éditions Karthala
Karthala is a French publishing house specializing in the history, sociology, religion, languages and geopolitics of developing countries.
Its headquarters is at 22-24 boulevard Arago in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Kartha ...
* James Currey - a defunct English publisher, specialising in sub-Saharan Africa
*Academic publishing
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* Electronic publishing
* Language education
* List of language self-study programs
* List of publishers of children's books
* Periodical literature
* Publishing
References
External links
*
Academic publishing companies
Book publishing companies of France
Language education publishing companies
Magazine publishing companies of France
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