Antoine Gallimard (born 19 April 1947 in Paris)
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'' 2011. is a French publisher and company boss, president of

éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961) is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Gast ...

and Groupe Madrigall.

Biography

Antoine Gallimard is one of the four children of

Claude Gallimard Claude Gallimard (10 January 1914 – 29 April 1991) was a French publisher and business leader. The son of Gaston Gallimard, he was, from 1976 to 1988, the head of the publishing house Gallimard, founded by his father in 1911. Biography C ...

and Simone Gallimard, son and daughter-in-law of

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, the founder of éditions Gallimard in

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.« Antoine Gallimard : ''Notre catalogue est comme le sang qui coule dans nos veines'' (Our catalog is like the blood flowing in our veins)
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'', 26 February 2011. Antoine Gallimard has four daughters including Charlotte (1980–), appointed CEO of

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in November 2012. Claude Gallimard succeeded his father,

, at the head of Éditions Gallimard in 1975. Antoine Gallimard was entrusted in 1988 by his father to take the reins of the publishing group whence the eldest son of the family,

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, the designated heir, left after a deep disagreement with his father in 1984. In spite of his youth and his relative lack of experience, Antoine Gallimard (who had thought of becoming a professor of philosophy and whose father had forcibly steered towards the Faculty of Law in Assas) imposed himself and succeeded in bringing out Gallimard of the family conflict in which they had almost foundered. In 2000, after considering buying the electronic publishing company Bibliopolis, he abruptly put an end to this project. On 5 January 2003, Antoine Gallimard was able to announce that he and his close associates in the holding company Groupe Madrigall now owned 98% of the capital of the family business, following the repurchase of minority shareholders. In February 2011, in an interview with ''

'', he explained the state of the Gallimard house, a hundred years after its creation: Antoine Gallimard was president of the . He is president of the "Association pour le développement de la librairie de création" (ADELC).

Distinctions

* Commandeur of the

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. * Récipiendaire de la Creu de Sant Jordi Award.

References

Bibliography

* ''Gallimard, un éditeur à l'œuvre'',

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, coll. "

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" (#569), éditions Gallimard, 2011. * ''Le Roman du XXe siècle'', in ''

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'' #596, February 2011.

External links

Site of the éditions Gallimard

Antoine Gallimard
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on

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