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Jacques Schiffrin changed the face of publishing in the twentieth century. As the founder of Les Éditions de la Pléiade in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, he helped define a lasting canon of Western literature while also promoting new authors who shaped transatlantic intellectual life. In this first biography of Schiffrin, Amos Reichman tells the poignant story of a remarkable publisher and his dramatic travails across two continents.Just as he influenced the literary trajectory of the twentieth century, Schiffrin's life was affected by its tumultuous events. Born in Baku in 1892, he fled after the Bolsheviks came to power, eventually settling in Paris, where he founded the Pléiade, which published elegant and affordable editions of literary classics as well as leading contemporary writers. After Vichy France passed anti-Jewish laws, Schiffrin fled to New York, later establishing Pantheon Books with Kurt Wolff, a German exile. Following Schiffrin's death in 1950, his son André continued in his father's footsteps, preserving and continuing a remarkable intellectual and cultural legacy at Pantheon. In addition to recounting Schiffrin's life and times, Reichman describes his complex friendships with prominent figures including André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, Peggy Guggenheim, and Bernard Berenson. From the vantage point of Schiffrin's extraordinary career, Reichman sheds new light on French and American literary culture, European exiles in the United States, and the transatlantic ties that transformed the world of publishing.

Jewish publishers --- Publishers and publishing --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers. --- Schiffrin, Jacques. --- Schiffrin, Jacques --- Exile. --- Gallimard (Firm) --- Pantheon Books --- History --- Shifrin, I︠A︡. --- Schiffrin, J. --- Random House (Firm). --- Random House (Firm) --- Editions Gallimard --- Gallimard Editions

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Ce livre raconte l'itinéraire d'un homme et l'histoire d'une maison d'édition. La maison, c'est Pantheon Book, fondée en 1941 à New York par des émigrés (dont Jacques Schiffrin, le fondateur de La Pléiade). L'homme, c'est André Schiffrin, qui va faire de Pantheon l'une des plus prestigieuses maisons d'édition américaines, publiant entre autres Foucault, Sartre, Chomsky, Medvedev... Comment il résiste quand Pantheon est racheté par Random House, comment il démissionne avec toute son équipe quand à son tour Random House est rachetée par le tycoon Newhouse, comment il parvient à faire prospérer The New Press, une nouvelle maison à but non lucratif, telle est sa passionnante aventure. A l'heure de la concentration massive de l'édition mondiale (en particulier en France où deux grands groupes publient les deux tiers des livres), L'édition sans éditeurs est un ouvrage révélateur et salutaire.

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