Groupe Flammarion
French publisher
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Groupe Flammarion (French: [gʁup flamaʁjɔ̃]) is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012.[1] Subsidiaries include Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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| Parent company | Groupe Madrigall |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1876 |
| Founder | Ernest Flammarion |
| Country of origin | France |
| Headquarters location | Café Voltaire, Paris |
| Publication types | Books, Magazines |
| Imprints | Autrement, Casterman, J'ai Lu, Jungle |
| Official website | editions |
Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group.[2]
History
Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the Treaty of Popular Astronomy of his brother, astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Colette, and a wide list of medical, scientific, geographical, historical works as well as various autobiographies, including also the Père Castor children's series.[3]
One of its early commercial successes was Édouard Drumont's virulent antisemitic tract La France juive ("Jewish France"), which Flammarion published in 1886[4] and reissued several times. During the Nazi occupation it reissued the book as recently as 1943.
Imprints
- Arthaud
- Aubier
- Autrement
- Baam!
- Casterman
- Champs
- Chan-Ok
- Climats
- Etonnants Classiques
- Flammarion
- Flammarion Jeunesse
- Flammarion Québec
- GF
- J'ai Lu
- Jungle Editions
- KSTR
- La Maison Rustique
- Librio
- Père Castor
- Pygmalion
- Pygmalion Fantasy
- Sakka
- Skira-Flammarion
