Actes Sud
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| Founded | 1978 |
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| Founder | Hubert Nyssen |
| Country of origin | France |
| Headquarters location | Arles |
| Key people | Françoise Nyssen |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | www |
Actes Sudis a French publishing house based inArles.It was founded in 1978 by authorHubert Nyssen.[1][2][3]By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter,Françoise Nyssen,[1]had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.[2]
History
[edit]ACTeS was situated inParadou,a village in theVallée des Baux.Here, founderHubert Nyssen,his wife Christine Le Bœuf, (which was the granddaughter ofBelgianbankerandpatronHenry Le Bœuf[4]), his sisterFrançoise Nyssen,Bertrand Py and Jean-Paul Capitani met and founded Actes Sud. In 1983 Actes Sud moved toArles.The publishing house was incorporated on 2 May 1987.[5]
TheActes Sudwas a publication of the "Atelier de cartographie thématique et statistique" (ACTeS).[6]
Authors
[edit]A selection of authors Actes Sud published:
- Svetlana AlexievichNobel Prize in Literature
- Paul Auster,Prix Médicis étrangerforLéviathan
- Henry Bauchau,Prix du Livre Inter,2008 forLe Boulevard périphérique
- Jeanne Benameur,Grand prix RTL-Lire,2013 forProfanes
- Nina Berberova
- Sophie Calle
- Magyd Cherfi,Price ofParisien Magazine,2016 forMa part de Gaulois
- Kamel Daoud,Prix Goncourt for Debut novel,2015 forMeursault, contre-enquête
- Mathias Énard,Prix du Livre Inter,2009 forZone (Roman)and third Prix Goncourt at Actes Sud 2015 forBoussole
- Jérôme Ferrari,second Prix Goncourt at Actes Sud, 2012 forThe Sermon on the Fall of Rome
- Laurent Gaudé,first Prix Goncourt for a book Actes Sud published, 2004 forLe Soleil des Scorta
- Günter Grass,Nobel Prize in Literature
- Nancy Huston,prix du Livre Inter,1997 forInstruments des ténèbres,prix Femina,2006 forLignes de faille
- Imre Kertész,Nobel Prize in Literature
- Camilla Läckberg
- Stieg Larsson
- Alberto Manguel
- Cormac McCarthy
- Wajdi Mouawad
- Olivier Py
- Pierre Rabhi
- Jean-Michel Ribes
- Siri Hustvedt
- Kathryn Stockett
- Yasmine Chami
Prizes
[edit]- 2004: the bookThe Scortas' Sun(Le Soleil des Scorta) byLaurent Gaudé,was the first book published by Actes Sud, receiving aPrix Goncourt(Prix Goncourt/Roman). The book sold 400,000 copies.[7]
- 2012:Sermon sur la chute de RomebyJérôme Ferrariwas the second book published by Actes Sud honoured by the Prix Goncourt.[8]
- 2015:Compass(Bussole) byMathias Énard,also published by Actes Sud, received the Prix Goncourt.[9]
- 2017:The order of the day(L'Ordre du jour) byÉric Vuillard,published by Actes Sud, got the Prix Goncourt.[10]
- 2015:Svetlana Alexievichwon theNobel Prize in Literature.[11]
- 2018:Nicolas Mathieuwins thePrix Goncourtfor his novelLeurs enfants après eux.[12]
Programme
[edit]Actes Süd provides a catalogue naming 11,500 titles. It has more than two hundred employees, mostly at the sites inArlesandParis,about twenty external advisors and a plethora of translators work inFranceand elsewhere.
Book series
[edit]- Actes Sud BD
- Actes Sud - Classica
- Actes Sud Junior
- Actes Sud - L’An 2
- Actes noirs
- Actes Sud - Papiers
- Actes Sud / Solin
- Actes Sud / Sindbad
- Babel
- Babel noir
- Domaine du possible
- Un endroit où aller
- Exofictions
- Photo Poche
References
[edit]- ^abLeménager, Grégoire (November 15, 2011)."La mort d'Hubert Nyssen, fondateur d'Actes Sud".Le Nouvel Observateur.Archivedfrom the original on October 10, 2016.RetrievedOctober 7,2016.
- ^abBeuve-Méry, Alain (January 3, 2013)."Actes Sud rachète Payot & Rivages".Le Monde.Archivedfrom the original on November 19, 2015.RetrievedOctober 7,2016.
- ^Molga, Paul (November 11, 2012)."Le Goncourt force la croissance d'Actes Sud".Les Echos.Archivedfrom the original on October 9, 2016.RetrievedOctober 7,2016.
- ^"Décès de Christine Le Bœuf, cofondatrice d'Actes Sud, illustratrice et traductrice".Livres Hebdo(in French).Retrieved2022-08-10.
- ^"Hubert Nyssen, Actes Sud: Profile and Biography".Bloomberg.com.Retrieved2022-08-10.
- ^"Hubert NYSSEN - Les Moments Littéraires".lesmomentslitteraires.fr.Retrieved2022-08-10.
- ^"Le Goncourt garantit-il un succès en librairie?"(in French).Archivedfrom the original on 2018-08-18.Retrieved2018-08-17.
- ^"Le Goncourt pour Jérôme Ferrari".Livres hebdo(in French). November 7, 2012.Archivedfrom the original on September 10, 2018.RetrievedJune 23,2022.
- ^Ken Willsher (November 3, 2015)."France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard".The Guardian.Archivedfrom the original on August 26, 2016.RetrievedNovember 3,2015.
- ^"Le prix Goncourt récompense Eric Vuillard pour" L'Ordre du jour "".Le Monde(in French).Archivedfrom the original on 2019-06-16.Retrieved2018-09-09.
- ^Van Renterghem, Marion (November 4, 2015)."Françoise Nyssen, l'éditrice à qui tout réussit".Le Monde.Archivedfrom the original on October 9, 2016.RetrievedOctober 7,2016.
- ^Marshall, Alex (8 November 2018)."Nicolas Mathieu Wins Goncourt Prize for Work on France's Forgotten".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 13 May 2019.Retrieved13 June2019.
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