Christian Gallimard (born 16 September 1944) is a French publisher and entrepreneur based in Geneva.

Biography

The son of Claude Gallimard,Article du Nouvel Observateur
/ref> he founded the éditions Calligram in 1992 at Geneva, which publish the series among others. He was previously closely associated with the development 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 G ...

. Under the presidency of his grandfather

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and later that of his father Claude, he encouraged the autonomy of the house by separating it from the diffusion Hachette and co-editions such as

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, which gave rise to the , or ''L'Univers des formes''L'Univers des Formes
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, which remained at Gallimard. He was at the origin, in 1971, of the independent distribution logistics tool,

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, and of commercial distribution tools such as the CDE and the EDF, and the recruitment of

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who developed the youth and leisure sectors (sailing books and guides) with remarkable success. Always on the lookout for technological evolutions, his interest for foresight earned him sometimes difficult relationships with the very literary collaborators of the house, including his father Claude, who asked him to leave the Gallimard group in 1984. In 1990, he sold, along with his sister Françoise Gallimard, his shares in the group, which led

Antoine Gallimard Antoine Gallimard (born 19 April 1947 in Paris)
in ''

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in 1992.

References

External links

''Christian Gallimard prend sa revanche avec Calligram''
on '' Les Échos'' (4 December 1992)
Succession Gallimard
on INA.fr (3 April 1990)
''Christian Gallimard: un éditeur en quête de ressources humaines''
on ''

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'' (4 May 2001)
Christian Gallimard
on Salon SME
Calligram
on Ricochet-Jeunes {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallimard, Christian French publishers (people) Businesspeople from Paris 1943 births French chief executives Living people

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