Gaston Gallimard (; 18 January 1881 – 25 December 1975) was a French
publisher
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.
He founded ''
La Nouvelle Revue Française
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'' in 1908, together with
André Gide
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and
Jean Schlumberger.
In 1911 the trio established La Nouvelle Revue Française. In 1919, he created his own publishing house, named Librairie Gallimard, though he continued to work closely with the NRF.
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 ...
is one of the leading French publishing houses.
In World War II during the German occupation of Paris a ''"round-table"'' of French and German intellectuals met at the
Georges V Hotel including Gallimard, the writers
Ernst Jünger
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The son of a successful busin ...
,
Paul Morand
Paul Morand (13 March 1888 – 24 July 1976) was a French author whose short stories and novellas were lauded for their style, wit and descriptive power. His most productive literary period was the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. He was m ...
,
Jean Cocteau
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, and
Henry Millon de Montherlant
Henry Marie Joseph Frédéric Expedite Millon de Montherlant (; 20 April 1895 – 21 September 1972) was a French essayist, novelist, and dramatist. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.
Biography
Born in Paris, a descendant of ...
and the legal scholar
Carl Schmitt
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.
Gallimard, in October 1932, founded the
Marianne (magazine: 1932-40).
Works
Texts by Gaston Gallimard
*
Friedrich Hebbel, ''Judith'', five-act tragedy translated from German by Gaston Gallimard & Pierre de Lanux. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue française, 1911.
* « Il a inventé des auteurs, un public », ''En souvenir de René Julliard'', Paris, René Julliard, 1963, .
Correspondences
*
Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan (2 December 1884 – 9 October 1968) was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine '' Nouvelle Revue Française'' (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member (Seat 6, 1963– ...
/ Gaston Gallimard, ''Correspondance'', edition established, presented and annotated by Laurence Brisset, Gallimard, 2011.
*
Marcel Proust
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/ Gaston Gallimard, ''Correspondance'', edition, presented and annotated by
Pascal Fouché, Paris, Gallimard, 1989.
*
Jacques Rivière
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/ Gaston Gallimard, ''Correspondance 1911-1924'', edition, presented and annotated by Pierre-Edmond Robert in collaboration with Alain Rivière, Paris, 1881
Bibliography
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Pierre Assouline
Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for ...
, ''Gaston Gallimard : Un demi-siècle d’édition française'', Balland, 1984, Folio, 2006
* ''Catalogue Gallimard. 1911-2011'', 1711 p.
* ''Gallimard. Un siècle d'édition'',
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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/Gallimard, 2011
* , ''Gallimard. Un éditeur à l'œuvre'', Gallimard, 2011, series "
Découvertes Gallimard
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References
External links
Gaston Gallimardon Babelio
Gaston Gallimardon Encyclopædia Britannica
Gallimard: 100 years in publishingon ''
The Guardian
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'' (26 March 2011)
1881 births
1975 deaths
Businesspeople from Paris
French book publishers (people)
Lycée Condorcet alumni
Nouvelle Revue Française editors
Gaston
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People
First name
*Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
* Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
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