Kalmus "Calmann" Lévy (29 March 1819,

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– 18 June 1891,

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) was the founder of

Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lévy is a French publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy as Michel Lévy frères. His brother Kalmus Calmann Lévy joined in 1844. After Michel's death in 1875, the firm was renamed ''Calmann Lévy''.Noémie Grynberg. La fulgurante saga familiale des frères Lévy, inventeurs de l'édition moderne. Israel Magazine 200.
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, he was the son of Simon Lévy and Pauline Lévy. Simon Lévy was an Alsatian Jewish '' colporteur'' (a peddler of printed publications) who moved to a poor neighbourhood in Paris in 1825. Kalmus and his brother Michel were the youngest of five children. Until 1825, Kalmus and Michel studied in a primary school of the Israelite Consistory of the Seine. In 1836, Michel created the

Michel Lévy Frères Michel Lévy frères was a Paris publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus (Calmann). Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875, upon which Kalmus succeeded him and renamed the company Calmann ...

editions, which quickly published the greatest French writers. After Michel's death in 1875, Kalmus took over the management of the company and changed his first name to Calmann. Michel Lévy frères editions became Calmann-Lévy editions. Calmann Lévy died in 1893 and his sons succeeded him at the head of Calmann-Lévy.

Bibliography

* Jean-Yves Mollier. ''Michel & Calmann Lévy ou la naissance de l'édition moderne 1836-1891.''

Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lévy is a French publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy as Michel Lévy frères. His brother Kalmus Calmann Lévy joined in 1844. After Michel's death in 1875, the firm was renamed ''Calmann Lévy''.Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

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Jean-Yves Mollier. Michel & Calmann Lévy ou la naissance de l'édition moderne 1836-1891, 1984.
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Levy, Kalmus 1819 births 1891 deaths French publishers (people) 19th-century French businesspeople