Fayard
Fayard (complete name: Librairie Arthème Fayard) is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Controlled by Hachette Livre.
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Fayard
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- Founded
- 1857
- Founder
- Arthème Fayard
- Headquarters
- France · rue du Montparnasse
- Activity
- book publishing
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Fayard (complete name: Librairie Arthème Fayard) is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Controlled by Hachette Livre.
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History
History
It is associated with France. The record gives 1857 as its date of establishment or first appearance. The recorded subject matter is social science and history. Its recorded founders are Arthème Fayard. Its recorded seat is France and rue du Montparnasse. The recorded field of activity is book publishing.
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard from 1980 until his retirement in 2009. He was replaced by Olivier Nora, previously head of Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle another division of the Hachette group. On 6 November 2013, Nora was replaced by Sophie de Closets, who officially took over at the beginning of 2014. In December 2009, Hachette Littérature (publisher of the Pluriel pocket collection) was absorbed by Fayard. Isabelle Seguin, the director of Hachette Littérature, became literary director of Fayard.
Imprints
Imprints
Fayard has three imprints: • Editions Mille et Une Nuits • Editions Mazarine • Pauvert
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1857
Fayard established.
1857
Fayard is recorded from 1857.
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Works published
Works published by Editions Fayard include: • Dictionnaire de la France médiévale by French historian Jean Favier • Les Égarés by French writer Frederick Tristan which was awarded the 1983 Prix Goncourt • Sorbonne Confidential by American author Laurel Zuckerman • Tropic Moon by Belgian writer Georges Simenon
Collections
• La Bibliothèque universelle de poche (1894) • Modern-Bibliothèque (1904) • Le Livre populaire (1905) • Le Livre de demain (1923-1947) • Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France (1950) • Voici la France (1958) • Recherches avancées (series editor: Raymond Abellio) (1974) • Les Enfants du fleuve (series editor: Jean-Claude Didelot) (1990) • Pour une histoire du XXe siècle (1991) • Histoire de la pensée (1999) • Fayard noir (2004-2009) • À venir (series editor: Geoffroy de Lagasnerie) (2009)
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![Illustration du "Foyer", comédie d'Octave Mirbeau, par J.-P. Carré. Éditions Arthème Fayard, collection « Modern-Théâtre », s. d. [1913]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Armand_Biron%2C_par_J.-P._Carr%C3%A9.jpg/449px-Armand_Biron%2C_par_J.-P._Carr%C3%A9.jpg)
Illustration du "Foyer", comédie d'Octave Mirbeau, par J.-P. Carré. Éditions Arthème Fayard, collection « Modern-Théâtre », s. d. [1913]
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