Pierre-Guillaume de Roux (25 February 1963 – 11 February 2021) was a French editor.[1]
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux | |
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 de Roux in 2014 | |
| Born | Pierre Guillaume Louis Ferdinand Marie Michel Gédéon de Roux 25 February 1963 Paris, France |
| Died | 11 February 2021 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Editor |
Biography
editBorn in Paris on 25 February 1963, his full name was Pierre Guillaume Louis Ferdinand Marie Michel Gédéon de Roux. His parents were writer and editor Dominique de Roux and Jacqueline Brusset.[2] Pierre-Guillaume was a member of the directing committee of the Société des lecteurs de Dominique de Roux.[3]
De Roux started his career in 1982 with Christian Bourgois éditeur before becoming a producer with France Culture alongside Olivier Germain-Thomas. He collaborated with multiple publications such as Arthus, Contrepoint, Revue des deux Mondes, Latitudes, Le Quotidien de Paris, L'Appel, Magazine hebdo. In 1985, he was appointed literary director of Éditions de la Table ronde.[4] In 1990, he was one of the founding members of Éditions Criterion of Média-Participations,[5] where he would support the contemporary literary movement La Nouvelle Fiction.[6] In 1992, he started working at Éditions Julliard, 25 years after his father had worked there.[7] He then led the Cultural Affairs department within the City of Paris from 1994 to 1995 before becoming editorial director of Éditions Bartillat.[8]
In 1999, de Roux voiced his opposition to the Kosovo War signing the "Europeans want peace" petition.[9][10] That same year, he founded Éditions des Syrtes alongside Serge de Pahlen.[11][12] He left the publishing house in 2001.[13] He served as literary director of Éditions du Rocher from 2001 to 2006, and left the publisher fully in 2008 following a disagreement over his editorial policies.[14] He also served as editorial director of Éditions Pascal Galodé.
In July 2010, de Roux founded Éditions Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, which focused on publishing essays and historical nonfiction, as well as French, Italian, and Hungarian literature.[15] He labeled himself a "right-wing editor", and was leading shareholder for all years of its existence so far other than 2015, when Charles Beigbeder held the title.[16]
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux died following a long illness on 11 February 2021 at the age of 57, fourteen days short from his 58th birthday.[17]
Authors published
editDecorations
edit- Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2007)[18]
- Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (2008)
References
edit- ^ "L'édition française en deuil". L'Incorrect (in French). 13 February 2021.
- ^ de Roux, Dominique (2007). Il faut partir : correspondances inédites : 1953-1977 (in French). Paris: Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-62826-4.
- ^ "Sciete des lecteurs de Dominique de Roux". Au Signe de la Licorne (in French).
- ^ "Pierre-Guillaume de Roux : « Le sectarisme est souvent nourri par l'inculture »". L'Incorrect (in French). 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Des nouveaux, du nouveau Les derniers-nés de l'édition française". Le Monde (in French). 31 August 1990.
- ^ With the following publications : Patrick Carré, D'Elis à Taxila : Éloge de la vacuité, Critérion, Paris, 1991; Hubert Haddad, Le secret de l'immortalité, Critérion, Paris, 1991; Marc Petit, Rue de la mort et autres histoires, Critérion, Paris, 1992; Lettre de l'antiméridien, Critérion, Paris, 1992; and the founding essay-anthology about the movement : Jean-Luc Moreau, La Nouvelle Fiction, Critérion, Paris, 1992. For an in-depth analysis of this French literary group, see : Julian Károlyi, Literary renewal and the reader : the multiple pleasures of La Nouvelle Fiction, PhD Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1997. More generally, see : Johnnie Gratton, Postmodern French fiction : practice and theory, in Timothy Unwin (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present, Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 256.
- ^ "Julliard : deux directeurs littéraires et pas de patron". Le Monde (in French). 4 September 1992.
- ^ "Renouveau éditorial chez Christian de Bartillat". Le Monde (in French). 13 January 1995.
- ^ "Liste des personnalités signataires de l'Appel". nonguerre.chez.com (in French).
- ^ "L'extrême droite ratisse large contre les frappes de l'Otan. Le «Collectif non à la guerre» a tenu une réunion proserbe hier soir". Libération (in French). 22 April 1999.
- ^ "En bref". Le Monde (in French). 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Naissance des Syrtes". Le Monde (in French). 27 August 1999.
- ^ "Le virage des Syrtes". Le Monde (in French). 18 January 2001.
- ^ "Le Rocher". Le Monde (in French). 23 October 2008.
- ^ "Pierre-Guillaume de Roux lance sa maison d'édition". Livres Hebdo (in French). 7 July 2010.
- ^ "Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, éditeur des « proscrits »". Le Monde (in French). 12 April 2007.
- ^ "Pierre-Guillaume de Roux contre l'asservissement des esprits". Causeur.fr (in French). 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Nominations dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres de janvier 2007". Ministère de la Culture (in French). 22 December 2006.