Groupe Flammarion

{{Short description|French publisher}}

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| image = Flammarion logo.svg

| parent = Groupe Madrigall

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| founded = 1876

| founder = Ernest Flammarion

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| country = France

| headquarters = Café Voltaire, Paris

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| publications = Books, Magazines

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| imprints = Autrement, Casterman, J'ai Lu, Jungle

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| url = {{URL|https://editions.flammarion.com/}}

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Groupe Flammarion ({{IPA|fr|gʁup flamaʁjɔ̃|lang}}) 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.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/flammarion-sold-gallimard.html |title=Flammarion sold to Gallimard |first=Benedicte |last=Page |date=6 September 2012 |magazine=The Bookseller |access-date=5 September 2017}} 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.

Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group.{{Cite news |last=Beuve-Méry |first=Alain |date=26 June 2015 |title=Antoine Gallimard, seul maître à bord du troisième groupe d'édition français |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2015/06/26/antoine-gallimard-seul-maitre-a-bord-du-troisieme-groupe-d-edition-francais_4662898_3236.html |access-date=3 April 2021}}

History

Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the Treaty of Popular Astronomy of his brother, the 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, and various autobiographies, including also the Père Castor children's series.{{cite web|url=http://editions.flammarion.com/Qui-sommes-nous|title=Qui sommes nous?|trans-title=Who are we?|website=Groupe Flammarion|access-date=2017-09-05|language=fr}}

Brands

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  • 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

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See also

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