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| - | Les '''Éditions du Seuil''' is a [[French publishing house]] founded in [[1935]]. Seuil means threshold in reference to the house's [[motto]]: giving the opportunity to talented writers to cross the invisible [[threshold]] that sets them apart from previous works. | ||
| - | == Description == | + | '''Éditions du Seuil''' is a French [[publishing house]] created in 1935, currently owned by [[La Martinière Groupe]]. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' (threshold) is the whole excitement of parting and arriving. It is also the brand new threshold that we refashion at the door of the Church to allow entry to many whose foot gropes around it" (letter of father Plaquevent, 28 December 1934). |
| - | Le Seuil a publié entre autres le ''[[Petit Livre rouge]]'' de [[Mao Zedong|Mao]] et la série des ''[[Don Camillo]]'', dont les très grosses ventes ont permis de publier des titres à petits tirages, notamment en [[sciences humaines]]. La maison, très respectée dans le milieu de l'édition{{référence nécessaire}}, entretient de bons rapports avec ses auteurs. Elle a notamment publié les œuvres de [[Jacques Lacan]], [[Roland Barthes]], [[Philippe Sollers]] (première période) ou plus tard [[Edgar Morin]], [[Maurice Genevoix]] ou [[Pierre Bourdieu]]. | + | |
| - | De même, les bonnes relations avec les libraires lui ont, à l'époque, permis d'asseoir une activité de [[distribution]] assez importante en assurant par exemple la diffusion des éditeurs [[Odile Jacob]], [[Éditions de Minuit]], [[José Corti]], [[Rivages]], etc. | + | == Description == |
| + | Éditions du Seuil was the publisher of the ''[[Don Camillo]]'' series, and of Chairman [[Mao Zedong]]'s [[Little Red Book]]. The large sales that these generated have allowed the house to publish more specialized titles, particularly in the [[social sciences]]. Seuil is widely respected in the publishing world, {{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} maintaining good relations with its authors. Seuil has published works by [[Jacques Lacan]], [[Roland Barthes]] and [[Philippe Sollers]] (in his first period), and later by [[Edgar Morin]], [[Maurice Genevoix]] and [[Pierre Bourdieu]]. Notably, they published [[Frantz Fanon]]'s doctoral thesis, ''[[Black Skin, White Masks]],'' in 1952, and the first edition of [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]'s ''[[The Gulag Archipelago]]'' (in Russian as Архипелаг ГУЛАГ) in 1973. | ||
| - | Les éditions du Seuil mènent aussi une activité très importante dans l'[[littérature jeunesse|édition jeunesse]]. Ils ont promu et publié beaucoup des grands auteurs français pour la jeunesse, et furent les premiers, en 2005, à offrir au public des films d'animation inclus dans les albums et réalisés par les artistes eux-mêmes (''[[À Quai]]'' de [[Sara (auteur)|Sara]], ''Promenade d'un distrait'', de [[Béatrice Alemagna]]). | + | Similarly, Seuil's good relations with book retailers have allowed it to establish significant distribution activity, ensuring the circulation of the works of such publishers as [[Odile Jacob]], [[Éditions de Minuit]], [[José Corti]], and ''Rivages''. |
| - | == Historique == | + | Éditions du Seuil has also performed significant activities in [[children's literature]]. The house has promoted and published many great French children's authors; in 2005 Éditions du Seuil was the first to offer to the public animated films included in their albums that were produced by the artists themselves, such as ''À Quai'' by [[Sara (artist)|Sara]] and ''Promenade d'un distrait'', by Béatrice Alemagna. |
| - | En [[1937]], elle est rachetée par les bijoutiers [[Paul Flamand]] et [[Jean Bardet]]. En [[1979]], ceux-ci laissent la direction à [[Michel Chodkiewicz]]. | + | |
| - | {{...}} | + | == History == |
| + | In 1937, Éditions du Seuil was bought by [[:fr:Paul Flamand|Paul Flamand]] and [[:fr:Jean Bardet (éditeur)|Jean Bardet]]. In 1979 these two left the direction to [[:fr:Michel Chodkiewicz|Michel Chodkiewicz]]. | ||
| - | La direction est ensuite assurée par [[Claude Cherki]] à partir de [[1989]]. | + | The leadership was subsequently ensured by Claude Cherki from 1989. Cherki was involved in the purchase of Seuil by [[La Martinière Groupe|La Martinière]] on 12 January 2004. Six months later he was obliged to resign as a result of his interest in this operation. Cherki was replaced by Pascal Flamand ''(Président-directeur général)'' and Olivier Cohen (publishing director). The latter created a subsidiary called ''L'Olivier''. Following the purchase by ''La Martinière'', the ''Volumen'' distribution company was created. Numerous logistical problems arose, and several editors left the publishing house. |
| - | Claude Cherki s'occupe du rachat du Seuil par [[La Martinière]] le [[12 janvier]] [[2004]]. Six mois plus tard, il est contraint de démissionner en raison de prises d'intérêts dans cette opération. Il a été remplacé par [[Pascal Flamand]] (PDG) et [[Olivier Cohen]] (directeur éditorial), créateur d'une filiale du Seuil : ''L'Olivier''. | + | In November 2005, Éditions du Seuil announced the arrival of [[Laure Adler]] to oversee its literature detpartment. Olivier took back control of his publishing house ''L'Olivier''. ''Points'', a pocket subsidiary of Seuil, became a publisher in its own right. The house continued its policy of growth, amalgamating the publishers ''Danger Public'' and ''Petit à petit''. Significant tension developed and in 2006 the editor Hervé Hamon (who had a loyal record of 20 publications with Seuil in the capacity of an author) left, declaring that the author was no longer at the centre of the operation. |
| - | Suite au rachat par La Martinière, la société de distribution Volumen est créée. De nombreux problèmes liés à la [[logistique]] apparaissant, plusieurs éditeurs quittent le groupe. | + | |
| - | En novembre 2005, le groupe annonce l'arrivée de [[Laure Adler]] en qualité de responsable du secteur littéraire du Seuil. Olivier Cohen reprend les rênes de sa maison ''L'Olivier''. ''Points'', filiale poche du Seuil, devient un éditeur à part entière. Le groupe continue sa politique de croissance : l'éditeur Danger Public le rejoint, ainsi que les éditions ''Petit à petit''. De fortes tensions sont à l'oeuvre et, en juillet 2006, l'éditeur Hervé Hamon (qui a par ailleurs fidèlement publié une vingtaine de livres dans la maison en sa qualité d'écrivain) quitte le Seuil et s'en explique publiquement, déclarant que "l'auteur n'est plus au centre du dispositif". | + | In August 2006, the group announced a new director general, the journalist and writer [[Denis Jeambar]], who had formerly been deputy director of editing for ''Point'', and president of the ''L'Express-L'Expansion'' group, and editing director of ''[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]''. Towards the end of 2006, Laure Adler was dismissed. |
| - | En août 2006, le groupe annonce l'arrivée en tant que directeur général du Seuil de [[Denis Jeambar]], journaliste et écrivain, ancien directeur adjoint de la rédaction du ''Point'' et ancien Président du groupe ''L'Express-L'Expansion'' et directeur de la rédaction de ''[[L'Express]]''. Fin 2006, Laure Adler est licenciée. | + | == Collections == |
| - | ==Voir aussi== | + | * The "bookstore of the 21st century" collection was created by [[Maurice Olender]] in 1989. After having created the "texts of the 20th century" collection of 19 titles at [[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]] in 1985, Olender devised the "bookstore of the 20th century", which subsequently turned into the "21st century". It comprised 143 titles as of 2009. The authors who were first published by Hachette followed Olender to Seuil. The magazine ''Page des libraires'' presented the collection and its director as follows: {{quote|To the books of [[Paul Celan]] [...], [[Georges Perec|Perec]], [[Jean-Pierre Vernant|Vernant]], [[Michel Pastoureau|Pastoureau]], [[Jorge Luis Borges|Borges]], [[Jacques Rancière|Rancière]], [[Antonio Tabucchi|Tabucchi]], Lydia Flem, [[Jean Starobinski|Starobinski]] [...] are added the works of [...] [[Yves Bonnefoy]], [[Pascal Dusapin]] and the final novel of [[François Maspero]]. |
| - | ===Article connexe=== | + | |
| - | * [[Galligrasseuil]] | + | |
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Éditions du Seuil is a French publishing house created in 1935, currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The seuil (threshold) is the whole excitement of parting and arriving. It is also the brand new threshold that we refashion at the door of the Church to allow entry to many whose foot gropes around it" (letter of father Plaquevent, 28 December 1934).
Description
Éditions du Seuil was the publisher of the Don Camillo series, and of Chairman Mao Zedong's Little Red Book. The large sales that these generated have allowed the house to publish more specialized titles, particularly in the social sciences. Seuil is widely respected in the publishing world, Template:Citation needed maintaining good relations with its authors. Seuil has published works by Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes and Philippe Sollers (in his first period), and later by Edgar Morin, Maurice Genevoix and Pierre Bourdieu. Notably, they published Frantz Fanon's doctoral thesis, Black Skin, White Masks, in 1952, and the first edition of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago (in Russian as Архипелаг ГУЛАГ) in 1973.
Similarly, Seuil's good relations with book retailers have allowed it to establish significant distribution activity, ensuring the circulation of the works of such publishers as Odile Jacob, Éditions de Minuit, José Corti, and Rivages.
Éditions du Seuil has also performed significant activities in children's literature. The house has promoted and published many great French children's authors; in 2005 Éditions du Seuil was the first to offer to the public animated films included in their albums that were produced by the artists themselves, such as À Quai by Sara and Promenade d'un distrait, by Béatrice Alemagna.
History
In 1937, Éditions du Seuil was bought by Paul Flamand and Jean Bardet. In 1979 these two left the direction to Michel Chodkiewicz.
The leadership was subsequently ensured by Claude Cherki from 1989. Cherki was involved in the purchase of Seuil by La Martinière on 12 January 2004. Six months later he was obliged to resign as a result of his interest in this operation. Cherki was replaced by Pascal Flamand (Président-directeur général) and Olivier Cohen (publishing director). The latter created a subsidiary called L'Olivier. Following the purchase by La Martinière, the Volumen distribution company was created. Numerous logistical problems arose, and several editors left the publishing house.
In November 2005, Éditions du Seuil announced the arrival of Laure Adler to oversee its literature detpartment. Olivier took back control of his publishing house L'Olivier. Points, a pocket subsidiary of Seuil, became a publisher in its own right. The house continued its policy of growth, amalgamating the publishers Danger Public and Petit à petit. Significant tension developed and in 2006 the editor Hervé Hamon (who had a loyal record of 20 publications with Seuil in the capacity of an author) left, declaring that the author was no longer at the centre of the operation.
In August 2006, the group announced a new director general, the journalist and writer Denis Jeambar, who had formerly been deputy director of editing for Point, and president of the L'Express-L'Expansion group, and editing director of L'Express. Towards the end of 2006, Laure Adler was dismissed.
Collections
- The "bookstore of the 21st century" collection was created by Maurice Olender in 1989. After having created the "texts of the 20th century" collection of 19 titles at Hachette in 1985, Olender devised the "bookstore of the 20th century", which subsequently turned into the "21st century". It comprised 143 titles as of 2009. The authors who were first published by Hachette followed Olender to Seuil. The magazine Page des libraires presented the collection and its director as follows: {{quote|To the books of Paul Celan [...], Perec, Vernant, Pastoureau, Borges, Rancière, Tabucchi, Lydia Flem, Starobinski [...] are added the works of [...] Yves Bonnefoy, Pascal Dusapin and the final novel of François Maspero.
