Joseph Vermot

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Joseph Vermot (* 1828 ; † 1893 in Paris , France ) was a French author and editor .

With the publication of the first edition of the Vermot Almanac on January 1, 1886, it became a “French institution” that still has a legendary reputation today. Even Raymond Queneau was inspired by the language and word games of the almanac for his famous novel Zazie dans le métro in 1959 .

After the death of the founder Joseph Vermot in 1893, his son Maurice, an officer of the French Legion of Honor , continued this very successfully. At the time of his death in 1937, the edition of the almanac was 800,000 copies. Countless illustrators have published in the Almanac Vermot and became known through him, from Bello to Claude Ferran and Faro to the children's book author Yak Rivais .

Joseph Vermots and his son Maurice (1862–1937) found their final resting place in a shared grave in the Parisian Montparnasse Cemetery .

Works

  • Joseph Vermot: Le Grand almanach national pour 1876. P. Dupont, Paris 1875 (French).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zazie dans le métro. Footnote p. 64 (French).
  2. ↑ a b Vermot Joseph (1829-1893) et Maurice (1862-1937). landrucimetieres.fr
personal data
SURNAME Vermot, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH 1893
Place of death Paris , France