Jacques Schiffrin : A Publisher in Exile, from Pléiade to Pantheon / Amos Reichman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reichman, Amos, Author.

Contributor:

Paxton, Robert

Smith, Sandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schiffrin, Jacques.

Schiffrin, Jacques--Exile.

Gallimard (Firm)--History--20th century.

Gallimard (Firm).

Pantheon Books--History--20th century.

Pantheon Books.

Jewish publishers--Biography.

Jewish publishers.

Publishers and publishing--France--Biography.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Jacques Schiffrin changed the face of publishing in the twentieth century. As the founder of Les Éditions de la Pléiade in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, he helped define a lasting canon of Western literature while also promoting new authors who shaped transatlantic intellectual life. In this first biography of Schiffrin, Amos Reichman tells the poignant story of a remarkable publisher and his dramatic travails across two continents.Just as he influenced the literary trajectory of the twentieth century, Schiffrin's life was affected by its tumultuous events. Born in Baku in 1892, he fled after the Bolsheviks came to power, eventually settling in Paris, where he founded the Pléiade, which published elegant and affordable editions of literary classics as well as leading contemporary writers. After Vichy France passed anti-Jewish laws, Schiffrin fled to New York, later establishing Pantheon Books with Kurt Wolff, a German exile. Following Schiffrin's death in 1950, his son André continued in his father's footsteps, preserving and continuing a remarkable intellectual and cultural legacy at Pantheon. In addition to recounting Schiffrin's life and times, Reichman describes his complex friendships with prominent figures including André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, Peggy Guggenheim, and Bernard Berenson. From the vantage point of Schiffrin's extraordinary career, Reichman sheds new light on French and American literary culture, European exiles in the United States, and the transatlantic ties that transformed the world of publishing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Foreword / Paxton, Robert O.

Introduction

1. From War to Exile

2. A Publisher in New York

3. The Impossible Return

Epilogue

Notes

Archives Consulted

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780231548403

0231548400

OCLC:

1061863881