Éditions du Seuil (French pronunciation:[edisjɔ̃dysœj]), also known as Le Seuil, is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and 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" (Jean Plaquevent, letter dated 28 December 1934).[1]
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.
Historyedit
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 department. 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.
Collectionsedit
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:
(in French) Éditions du Seuil in La République des Lettres journal
(in French) Exhibition on Éditions du Seuil on the French Public Information Library website
(in French) Catalogue of the bookshop of the 21st century
January 01, 1970
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Editions du Seuil French pronunciation edisjɔ dy sœj also known as Le Seuil is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent 1901 1965 and currently owned by La Martiniere 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 Jean Plaquevent letter dated 28 December 1934 1 Editions du SeuilThe historical building 1935 2010 at rue JacobParent companyLa Martiniere Groupe Media Participations Founded1935 89 years ago 1935 Country of originFranceHeadquarters locationParisPublication typesBooksOfficial websitewww wbr seuil wbr com Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 Collections 4 Book series 5 See also 6 Notes and references 7 Bibliography 8 External linksDescription editEditions 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 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 Arhipelag GULAG 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 Editions de Minuit Jose Corti and Rivages Editions 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 Editions 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 A Quai by Sara and Promenade d un distrait by Beatrice Alemagna History editIn 1937 Editions 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 Martiniere 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 President directeur general and Olivier Cohen publishing director The latter created a subsidiary called L Olivier Following the purchase by La Martiniere the Volumen distribution company was created Numerous logistical problems arose and several editors left the publishing house In November 2005 Editions du Seuil announced the arrival of Laure Adler to oversee its literature department 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 a petit Significant tension developed and in 2006 the editor Herve 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 editThe 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 To the books of Paul Celan Perec Vernant Pastoureau Borges Ranciere Tabucchi Lydia Flem Starobinski are added the works of Yves Bonnefoy Pascal Dusapin and the final novel of Francois Maspero 2 Book series editChamp Freudien Combats Fiction et Cie Histoire immediate Microcosme Ecrivains de toujours 3 Microcosme Petit Planete 4 Microcosme Maitres Spirituels Microcosme Le Rayon de la Science Microcosme Solfeges Microcosme Le Temps qui court Peuple et culture Point Virgule PointsSee also editBooks in FranceNotes and references edit Herve Serry Les Editions du Seuil 70 ans d histoire Seuil 2007 p 15 Olender etre contemporain de son present discussion of Maurice Olender with Olivier Renault Page des libraires March 2009 Ecrivains de toujours Seuil Book Series List publishinghistory com Retrieved 7 March 2020 Petit Planete Microcosme Seuil book series list publishinghistory com Retrieved 7 March 2020 Bibliography edit in French Tant qu il y aura des tomes Les dossiers du Canard enchaine No 93 October 2004 External links edit in French Official site of Editions du Seuil in French Editions du Seuil in La Republique des Lettres journal in French Exhibition on Editions du Seuil on the French Public Information Library website in French Catalogue of the bookshop of the 21st century Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Editions du Seuil amp oldid 1134505225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
