Éric Losfeld
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Eric Losfeld (1923? - 1979) was a French publisher who had a reputation for publishing controversial material with his publishing imprints Éditions Arcanes (founded 1953) and Éditions Le Terrain Vague (founded 1955).
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Erotica
He was the publisher of the soft porn novel Emmanuelle (1967).
Film criticism
He was the publisher of two film magazines (Midi Minuit Fantastique; Positif) and the essays of Ado Kyrou.
Literary fiction
On the literary side he published the work of Roland Topor, Fernando Arrabal, Eugène Ionesco ...
Comic books
He published the Barbarella science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest.
Joëlle Losfeld
His daugher, Joëlle Losfeld runs her own publishing imprint.
Epitaph
"Tout ce qu'il éditait avait le souffle de la liberté." Inscription on Eric Losfeld's tombstone.
Autobiography
- Endetté comme une mule: Ou, La Passion d'éditer
- Eric Losfeld (Author)
- 223 pages
- Publisher: Pierre Belfond (1979)
- Language: French
- ISBN 271441236X
