Fayard
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
History
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard from 1980 until his retirement in 2009. He was replaced by Olivier Nora, previously head of Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle another division of the Hachette group.On 6 November 2013, Nora was replaced by Sophie de Closets, who officially took over at the beginning of 2014.
In December 2009, Hachette Littérature was absorbed by Fayard. Isabelle Seguin, the director of Hachette Littérature, became literary director of Fayard.
Imprints
Fayard has three imprints:- Editions Mille et Une Nuits
- Editions Mazarine
- Pauvert
Works published
- Dictionnaire de la France médiévale by French historian Jean Favier
- Les Égarés by French writer Frederick Tristan which was awarded the 1983 Prix Goncourt
- Sorbonne Confidential by American author Laurel Zuckerman
- Tropic Moon by Belgian writer Georges Simenon
Collections
- La Bibliothèque universelle de poche
- Modern-Bibliothèque
- Le Livre populaire
- Le Livre de demain
- Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France
- Voici la France
- Recherches avancées
- Les Enfants du fleuve
- Pour une histoire du XXe siècle
- Histoire de la pensée
- Fayard noir
- À venir