Christian Gallimard (born 16 September 1944) is a French publisher and entrepreneur based in Geneva.
Biography
The son 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
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,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
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Founded by Ga ...
. Under the presidency of his grandfather
Gaston Gallimard
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He founded ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' in 1908, together with André Gide and Jean Schlumberger (writer), Jean Schlumberger.
In 1911 the trio established La N ...
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 /ref> and the
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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
Pierre Marchand
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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
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Groupe Madrigall
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Le Temps
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Christian
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