Éditions Gallimard is one of the leading French book publishers. The Guardian has described it as having "the best backlist in the world". In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Jean-Luc Raharimanana is a Malagasy novelist, essayist, poet, and playwright.
Claude Roy was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris.
Thierry Marignac is a French writer and journalist.
Richard Canal is a French author and screenwriter in the science-fiction, fantasy, mainstream and thriller genres.
Pierre Bergounioux is a French writer. He won the 1986 Prix Alain-Fournier for his second novel, Ce pas et le suivant. And in 2002, he won the SGDL literary grand prize for his body of work.
Annie Saumont was a French short story writer and English to French translator.
The Prix Sorcières is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories.
The Prix Alain-Fournier is a French literary prize, awarded by the town of Saint-Amand-Montrond in honour of Alain-Fournier, author of Le Grand Meaulnes. It is intended to give encouragement to a novelist at the beginning of their career, and it can be awarded for first, second or third novels, provided that the author has not previously received any recognition at a national level.
The Prix Méditerranée is a French literary award. It was created in 1984 in Perpignan by the Mediterranean Centre of Literature (CML) in order to promote cultural interaction among the numerous countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Two awards are handed out every year, the Prix Méditerranée itself and the Prix Méditerranée Étranger. The latter is given to a writer from the Mediterranean basin whose original work has been translated into French.
Dominique Mainard is a French translator of English novels, short story writer and novelist. She was born in Paris, France in 1967 and grew up in the region of Lyon, and spent five years in the United States. She won the 2009 Prix des Libraires for her novel Pour vous. Mainard spent 2005 - 2006 as a resident of the Randell Cottage Writers' Trust in Wellington, New Zealand. Her book Leur histoire was adapted for the 2005 film Les Mots bleus by director Alain Corneau with actors Sergi López and Sylvie Testud.
The Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie is a literary prize created in 2001 by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie.
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of the Elle magazine.
The Prix Mystère de la critique was established in 1972 by the magazine Mystère magazine, published by the Éditions OPTA from 1948 to 1976, and continues to be awarded each year by its founder, Georges Rieben and his team. It has the characteristic of having survived the demise of the magazine.
Christian Liger was a 20th-century French writer.
Alain Jaubert is a writer and journalist, producer and director of television, producer of the magazine Les Arts - France 3 and Oceaniques from 1990 to 1993 and author and director of the series "Palettes" since 1988. On 29 May 1971, he was victim of a "beating" in a police van when he wanted to accompany a person taken to the police station. The case made a great noise considering the personality of the journalist, then working for Le Nouvel Observateur.
The prix Antonin Artaud was a French literary prize created by Jean Digot and a few poets on 24 May 1951 in Rodez, in memory of Antonin Artaud, and was awarded for the last time in 2008.
Jean-Paul Delfino is a French writer and screenwriter.
The Prix Emmanuel Roblès, readers's prize of Blois, is a French literary award established in 1990 which aim it is to reward an author of first novel. It is baptized as a tribute to writer Emmanuel Robles.
Annie Le Brun, is a French writer, poet and literary critic.
