The Collection Blanche is the great
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of
French literature published by the
Éditions Gallimard.
It appeared in 1911, and at the beginning was nourished by the publications of ''
La Nouvelle Revue française
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'' (''La NRF''), the brand "Librairie Gallimard" appeared only after July 1919.
[Henri Vignes et Pierre Boudrot, ''Bibliographie des éditions de La Nouvelle Revue française'', Paris, Henri Vigne & Éditions des Cendres, 2011, , page 7-18.] Since its creation, "La Blanche", which takes its name from the cream color of its cover, has published 6500 titles, of which 3800 are still available today.
In addition to the "NRF" logo originally designed by
Jean Schlumberger, the graphic charter of this collection - a black border surrounding two red edges - is inspired by the éditions de , with its first title, ''
L'Otage'' by
Paul Claudel, published 26 May 1911.
Apart from classic literature like ''
In Search of Lost Time
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'', the "Blanche" also remains widely open to young novelists, beyond the sphere of influence of the director of ''La NRF''.
For a time, the first printer of this collection was Verbeke, director of the "Imprimerie Sainte-Catherine", based in
Bruges
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.
The generic formats evolved very little over the years, which is a unique case in the history of French contemporary publishing, although the cream color changed to bright yellow filmed in the 1980s.
Champion of
literary prize
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Organizations
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s, from 1911 to 2016 the collection has been awarded 33
prix Goncourt
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, 30
prix Femina
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, 17
prix Renaudot, 10
prix Médicis, 16
prix Interallié
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History
The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journal ...
, 30
Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française and 4
prix du Livre Inter
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.
Collection Blanche
éditions Gallimard
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