Hubert Nyssen
Hubert Nyssen (born April 11, 1925 in Brussels , † November 12, 2011 in Paradou ) was a French publisher , essayist and writer .
Life
Hubert Nyssen has been committed to literature since childhood. After receiving French citizenship in 1976 , he founded the Actes Sud publishing house in Arles in 1978 . Literary greats like Paul Auster and Nancy Huston were discovered by Nyssen. Nyssen's own works have been and are in part also published in Germany.
Nyssen was on the board of Actes Sud and was married to Christine Le Bœuf. The daughter Françoise Nyssen (* 1951) joined the company in 1987.
Awards
- 1998: Member of the Academie Royale de Langue et de Litterature Francaises de Belgique
- 2003: Honorary doctorate from the University of Liège
- 2005: Officier de la Légion d'honneur
Works (selection)
- Trees in the head, novel (from the French by Hans Thill). Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Beck & Glückler, 1988. ISBN 3-924175-19-5 (Title of the original edition: Des Arbres dans la Tête , 1982).
- Leonore in Dresden, Roman (from the French by Beate Thill). Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Beck & Glückler, 1985. ISBN 3-924175-18-7 (title of the original edition: Eléonore à Dresde , 1983).
- Zeg ou les infortunes de la fiction . Arles: Actes Sud (collection “un endroit où aller”), 2002.
- Pavanes et javas sur la lombe d'un professeur . Arles: Actes Sud (collection “un endroit où aller”), 2004.
- Les déchirements . Arles: Actes Sud (collection “un endroit où aller”), 2008.
Literature / film
- Jacques de Decker: Entretien avec Hubert Nyssen . Paris: Editions du Cygne, 2005. ISBN 978-2-84924-011-3 .
- Marie Mandy (director): Hubert Nyssen un éditeur, son double et quelques autres ; Arte 2002 (Version DVD prod. Copsi 2003).
- Marie Mandy (Director): Hubert Nyssen, Portrait en 22 Fragments ; Documentary film 2003 (RTBF).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hubert Nyssen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Hubert Nyssen
- Actes Sud publishing house in Arles
- Hubert Nyssen archive
Individual evidence
- ^ Yannick Vely: Hubert Nyssen: Génération Actes Sud. parismatch.com, November 17, 2011, accessed August 15, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Le bulletin municipal Mairie du Paradou. Mairie du Paradou, accessed August 15, 2018 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nyssen, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French publisher, essayist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Paradou |