Bernard Privat

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Bernard Privat (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁpʁiva] ; 25 October 1914 – 11 October 1985) was a French writer and editor.

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Biography

Bernard Privat received the Prix Femina for Au pied du mur in 1959.

He was also in charge of the éditions Grasset for over twenty-five years. As Bernard Grasset's nephew, Bernard Privat took the job in 1955. [1] [2] In 1967, along with his friend Jean-Claude Fasquelle, he merged his publishing company with the éditions Fasquelle. He would go on to publish authors such as Yves Berger, François Nourissier, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Matthieu Galey, Françoise Verny, and Edmonde Charles-Roux, who received the Prix Goncourt with Oublier Palerme . [3] Bernard Privat left his job at the éditions Grasset in 1981.

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References

  1. "La maison Grasset". Grasset. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. 'Olivier Nora, le diplomate' in Le Figaro , 14 October 2007.
  3. Official Website for the editions Grasset