Isabelle Gallimard (born 4 January 1951 in

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) is a French publisher and entrepreneur.

Biography

Born in Paris the daughter of

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and

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, Isabelle Gallimard studied sociology at the Sorbonne. From 1974 to 1984, she worked for cinema and television, notably in the service of the literary adaptations of

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and the Gaumont cinematheque. In 1985, she became head of the audiovisual department of the

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

, then she entered the reading committee of this house in 1988, where she created the "Biblos" series in 1990. In 1995, she took over the management of the

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, where she created new collections, and published French authors including

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1995 and a member of the

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(prix Goncourt 2007),

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(prix Femina Essai 2008),

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(prix Femina 2009), francophones (

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, Kettly Mars,

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, Sami Tchak…) and foreigners (

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, American Marlena de Blasi, Indian Anne Cherian,

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…), as well as poets (

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.Groupe Madrigalli
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Launch of series

* 1995: creation of « Petit Mercure ». * 1998: creation de la « Bibliothèque étrangère ». * 1999: creation of « Temps retrouvé poche ». * 2003: revival of « Temps retrouvé » large format. * 2004: creation of « Traits et portraits », with the publication of ''L’Africain'' by

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. * 2014: creation of « Le Mercure Noir ».

References

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