Éditions de la Table ronde is a French publishing house founded in 1944 by

Roland Laudenbach Roland Laudenbach (20 October 1921 – 9 January 1991) was a French writer, editor, journalist, literary critic and scenarist. He had right-wing political beliefs aligned with the Action Française. After World War II he supported keeping Alge ...

. Since 1996 it has been an imprint of éditions Gallimard.

History

The company was founded by

in 1944 and named by Jean Cocteau. Its first published title was '' Antigone'' by Jean Anouilh. After World War II it came to publish several authors who had been blacklisted by the Conseil national des écrivains due to accusations of collaboration or pacifism, such as Henry de Montherlant, Jean Giono and Paul Morand. Its right-wing and anti- Gaullist reputation intensified during the

Algerian War The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...

. It also published authors such as

Claude Mauriac Claude Mauriac (25 April 1914 – 22 March 1996) was a French author and journalist. He was born in Paris, the eldest son of the author François Mauriac. Mauriac was the personal secretary of Charles de Gaulle from 1944 to 1949, before becoming a ...

and Henri Troyat, and became associated with the movement les

Hussards A hussar ( , ; hu, huszár, pl, husarz, sh, husar / ) was a member of a class of light cavalry, originating in Central Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. The title and distinctive dress of these horsemen were subsequently widely a ...

, and its leading members Antoine Blondin, Michel Déon,

Jacques Laurent Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (6 January 1919 – 28 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs. Laurent was elect ...

and Roger Nimier. Other published authors included Marcel Aymé, Henry Muller, Bernard Frank, Roger Stéphane,

Jean Freustié Jean Freustié, also known as Jean Pierre Teurlay (October 3, 1914 – June 5, 1983) was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres, and 1970 Prix Renaudot, for ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-sa ...

Daniel Boulanger Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compi� ...

and Alain Bosquet. A second generation of Table ronde authors included Alphonse Boudard,

Gabriel Matzneff Gabriel Michel Hippolyte Matzneff (born 12 August 1936) is a French writer. He was the winner of the Mottard and Amic awards from the Académie française in 1987 and 2009 respectively, the Prix Renaudot essay in 2013 and the Prix Cazes in 201 ...

Frédéric Musso Frédéric Musso (3 February 1941 – 5 September 2020) was an Algerian-born French writer, poet, and journalist. Biography Musso was born in Algiers to a family of Sardinian descent. He studied at the Collège Notre-Dame-d'Afrique in Algiers, w ...

and

Éric Neuhoff Éric Neuhoff (born 4 July 1956) is a French novelist and journalist. He debuted in 1982 a journalist at '' Le Quotidien de Paris'' and used a style nicknamed "néo-hussard", after the Hussards movement of the 1950s. He thus became associated wi ...

. Laudenbach retired in 1990 and was replaced by Denis Tillinac. He published authors such as Jean-Paul Kauffmann, , , Jean-Claude Pirotte,

Frédérick Tristan Jean-Paul Frédéric Tristan Baron (11 June 1931 – 2 March 2022) was a French writer. Biography Tristan was born in Sedan, Ardennes, France, on 11 June 1931. He was sent on a mission to Laos, North Vietnam, South Vietnam and China (1964– ...

Xavier Patier Xavier Patier (5 March 1958, Brive-la-Gaillarde) is a high French Civil Service official and writer. Biography Graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Xavier Patier is also a former student of the École nationale d'administra ...

William Cliff William Cliff (born André Imberechts, 27 December 1940) is a Francophone Belgian poet. He was born in Gembloux. His poems had the good fortune to be noticed early on by Raymond Queneau, and were published continuously by Gallimard until 1986. Cl ...

and Michel Monnereau. Tillinac was succeeded by Alice Déon in 2007. Éditions Gallimard acquired the company in 1958 and it has been an imprint of Gallimard since 1996.

Literary prizes

Literary prizes won by La Table Ronde books have included: * Prix Renaudot: 1944: ''

Les amitiés particulières is a 1943 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte, probably his best-known work today, which won the ''Prix Renaudot''. Largely autobiographical, it deals with an intimate relationship between two boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school and how ...

'' (

Roger Peyrefitte Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

); 1955: ''Le Moissonneur d'épines'' ( Georges Govy); 1970: ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison'' (

); 1977: ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur'' ( Alphonse Boudard); 2013: ''Séraphin c'est la fin!'' (

) * Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française: 1955: ''Les Aristocrates'' (Michel de Saint-Pierre) * Prix Interallié: 1959: '' Un singe en hiver'' ( Antoine Blondin); 1960: ''Clem'' ( Henry Muller)Prix Interallié
prix-litteraires.net. Retrieved 17 June 2022. * Prix du Livre Inter: 1975: ''Des demeures et des gens'' ( Catherine d'Etchéa)

Book series

References

External links

Official website
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