Pierre-Guillaume de Roux (25 February 1963 – 11 February 2021) was a French editor.

Biography

Born 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. Pierre-Guillaume was a member of the directing committee of the Société des lecteurs de Dominique de Roux. De Roux started his career in 1982 with before becoming a producer with

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alongside . He collaborated with multiple publications such as ''Arthus'', ''Contrepoint'', ''

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'', ''Latitudes'', ''

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'', '' L'Appel'', '. In 1985, he was appointed literary director of

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. In 1990, he was one of the founding members of Éditions Criterion of

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, where he would support the contemporary literary movement ''La Nouvelle Fiction''. In 1992, he started working at

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, 25 years after his father had worked there. He then led the Cultural Affairs department within the City of Paris from 1994 to 1995 before becoming editorial director of . In 1999, de Roux voiced his opposition to the

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signing the "Europeans want peace" petition. That same year, he founded Éditions des Syrtes alongside Serge de Pahlen. He left the publishing house in 2001. He served as literary director of

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from 2001 to 2006, and left the publisher fully in 2008 following a disagreement over his editorial policies. He also served as editorial director of . 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. He labeled himself a "right-wing editor", and was leading shareholder for all years of its existence so far other than 2015, when

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held the title. 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.

Authors published

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* Roland Jaccard * Gilles Lapouge * Ludovine de La Rochère *

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Decorations

*Knight of the

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(2007) *Knight of the

Order of the Star of Italy The Order of the Star of Italy ( it, Ordine della Stella d'Italia ) is an Italian order of chivalry that was founded in 2011. The order was reformed from the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by the 11th President of Italy, Giorgio Napoli ...

(2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:de Roux, Pierre-Guillaume 1963 births 2021 deaths Publishers (people) from Paris French editors Recipients of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Recipients of Italian civil awards and decorations