Michel Gallimard (1917 – January 9, 1960) was a French publisher.
Michel Gallimard was a nephew of
Gaston Gallimard
Gaston Gallimard (; 18 January 1881 – 25 December 1975) was a French publisher.
He founded ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' in 1908, together with André Gide and Jean Schlumberger (writer), Jean Schlumberger.
In 1911 the trio established La ...
who considered him his spiritual son.
Biography
Career
In 1946, Michel Gallimard met
Albert Camus
Albert Camus ( ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the s ...
while the latter completed the writing of his novel ''
La Peste, ''and the two of them became good friends. Four years later, he became friends with
Boris Vian
Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of th ...
during an evening organized by Gaston Gallimard. In September of 1951, he was responsible for negotiating the acquisition of
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930. Acquired by Éditions Gallimard in 1951, it publishes collections spanning fiction, non-fiction and comic books. It published some of the most important French authors of the interwa ...
and was also entrusted with the management of the
library of the Pléiade by his uncle.
Accident and death (4th of January 1960)
On the morning of January 4, 1960, Michel Gallimard and Albert Camus were driving to Paris. At 1:55 pm, shortly after crossing
Pont-sur-Yonne
Pont-sur-Yonne (, literally ''Bridge on Yonne'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. It lies on the river Yonne, between Sens and Montereau-Fault-Yonne.
Population
See also
*Communes of th ...
, the car crashed violently against a
plane tree
''Platanus'' ( ) is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae.
All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. The type ...
. Albert Camus died instantly. Michel Gallimard, seriously injured, died five days later, on January 9, 1960, at the age of 42. Gallimard's wife and daughter, Janine and Anne Gallimard, escaped unscathed.
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1917 births
1960 deaths
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