Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen.[1][2][3] By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen,[1] had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.[2]
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| Founded | 1978 |
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| Founder | Hubert Nyssen |
| Country of origin | France |
| Headquarters location | Arles |
| Key people | Françoise Nyssen |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
History
editACTeS was situated in Paradou, a village in the Vallée des Baux. Here, founder Hubert Nyssen, his wife Christine Le Bœuf, (which was the granddaughter of Belgian banker and patron Henry Le Bœuf[4]), his sister Françoise Nyssen, Bertrand Py and Jean-Paul Capitani met and founded Actes Sud. In 1983 Actes Sud moved to Arles. The publishing house was incorporated on 2 May 1987.[5]
The Actes Sud was a publication of the "Atelier de cartographie thématique et statistique" (ACTeS).[6]
Authors
editA selection of authors Actes Sud published:
- Svetlana Alexievich Nobel Prize in Literature
- Paul Auster, Prix Médicis étranger for Léviathan
- Henry Bauchau, Prix du Livre Inter, 2008 for Le Boulevard périphérique
- Jeanne Benameur, Grand prix RTL-Lire, 2013 for Profanes
- Nina Berberova
- Sophie Calle
- Magyd Cherfi, Price of Parisien Magazine, 2016 for Ma part de Gaulois
- Kamel Daoud, Prix Goncourt for Debut novel, 2015 for Meursault, contre-enquête
- Mathias Énard, Prix du Livre Inter, 2009 for Zone (Roman) and third Prix Goncourt at Actes Sud 2015 for Boussole
- Jérôme Ferrari, second Prix Goncourt at Actes Sud, 2012 for The Sermon on the Fall of Rome
- Laurent Gaudé, first Prix Goncourt for a book Actes Sud published, 2004 for Le Soleil des Scorta
- Günter Grass, Nobel Prize in Literature
- Nancy Huston, prix du Livre Inter, 1997 for Instruments des ténèbres, prix Femina, 2006 for Lignes de faille
- Imre Kertész, Nobel Prize in Literature
- Camilla Läckberg
- Stieg Larsson
- Alberto Manguel
- Cormac McCarthy
- Wajdi Mouawad
- Olivier Py
- Pierre Rabhi
- Jean-Michel Ribes
- Siri Hustvedt
- Kathryn Stockett
- Yasmine Chami
Prizes
edit- 2004: the book The Scortas' Sun (Le Soleil des Scorta) by Laurent Gaudé, was the first book published by Actes Sud, receiving a Prix Goncourt (Prix Goncourt/Roman). The book sold 400,000 copies.[7]
- 2012: Sermon sur la chute de Rome by Jérôme Ferrari was the second book published by Actes Sud honoured by the Prix Goncourt.[8]
- 2015: Compass (Bussole) by Mathias Énard, also published by Actes Sud, received the Prix Goncourt.[9]
- 2017: The order of the day (L'Ordre du jour) by Éric Vuillard, published by Actes Sud, got the Prix Goncourt.[10]
- 2015: Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in Literature.[11]
- 2018: Nicolas Mathieu wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel Leurs enfants après eux.[12]
Programme
editActes Süd provides a catalogue naming 11,500 titles. It has more than two hundred employees, mostly at the sites in Arles and Paris, about twenty external advisors and a plethora of translators work in France and elsewhere.
Book series
edit- Actes Sud BD
- Actes Sud - Classica
- Actes Sud Junior
- Actes Sud - L’An 2
- Actes noirs
- Actes Sud - Papiers
- Actes Sud / Solin
- Actes Sud / Sindbad
- Babel
- Babel noir
- Domaine du possible
- Un endroit où aller
- Exofictions
- Photo Poche
References
edit- ^ a b Leménager, Grégoire (November 15, 2011). "La mort d'Hubert Nyssen, fondateur d'Actes Sud". Le Nouvel Observateur. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Beuve-Méry, Alain (January 3, 2013). "Actes Sud rachète Payot & Rivages". Le Monde. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ Molga, Paul (November 11, 2012). "Le Goncourt force la croissance d'Actes Sud". Les Echos. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ "Décès de Christine Le Bœuf, cofondatrice d'Actes Sud, illustratrice et traductrice". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Hubert Nyssen, Actes Sud: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Hubert NYSSEN - Les Moments Littéraires". lesmomentslitteraires.fr. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Le Goncourt garantit-il un succès en librairie ?" (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
- ^ "Le Goncourt pour Jérôme Ferrari". Livres hebdo (in French). November 7, 2012. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Ken Willsher (November 3, 2015). "France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "Le prix Goncourt récompense Eric Vuillard pour " L'Ordre du jour "". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ Van Renterghem, Marion (November 4, 2015). "Françoise Nyssen, l'éditrice à qui tout réussit". Le Monde. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ Marshall, Alex (8 November 2018). "Nicolas Mathieu Wins Goncourt Prize for Work on France's Forgotten". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
