The Centre national du livre (CNL) is a French
établissement public à caractère administratif An Établissement public à caractère administratif (EPA; literally translating to "public establishment of an administrative nature") is, in France, a public law legal person with a certain administrative and financial autonomy to fulfil a mission ...
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The CNL is placed under the administrative supervision of the French
Ministry of Culture and Communication (, ). Its vocation and role is to support the entire book chain (authors, publishers, booksellers, libraries, promoters of books and reading), and in particular the creation and dissemination of the most demanding works on the literary level. It grants loans and scholarships on the advice of specialized committees.
Directors of the CNL
* 1975–1980:
* 1980–1981: Pierre Vandevoorde
* 1981–1989:
* 1989–1993:
Évelyne Pisier
Évelyne Pisier (18 October 1941 – 9 February 2017) was a French writer and political scientist.
Biography
Pisier was born in Hanoi on October 18, 1941. She was the daughter of a French senior civil servant, Georges Pisier (June 30, 19 ...
* 1993–2003: Jean-Sébastien Dupuit
* 2003–2005: Éric Gross
* 2005–2009:
* 2010–2013: Jean-François Colosimo.
[He resigned in June 2013.]
* Since 2013: Vincent Monadé
See also
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Books in France
As of 2018, five firms in France rank among the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: , Groupe Albin Michel, Groupe Madrigall (including Éditions Gallimard), Hachette Livre (including Éditions Grasset), and Martinière Grou ...
References
External links
Centre national du livre : ce qui va changer pour les bibliothèqueson ''La Gazette''
Centre national du livre (CNL)on École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques Enssib
Official websiteLe Centre national du livre
Site officiel de l'École de traduction littéraire{{Authority control
French literature
Government agencies established in 1946
1946 establishments in France
Government agencies of France