Bonne et Heureuse Année 2011 !

En espérant vous recevoir nombreux cette année encore à La Maison....

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Monday, January 24, 7:00 p.m.
Florence Gould Event

A Special Edition of French Literature in the Making

ANTOINE GALLIMARD
President-Director General, Editions Gallimard; president, Syndicat national de l’édition (SNE)

in conversation with
OLIVIER BARROT

Les 100 ans des Editions Gallimard

In 1988, Antoine Gallimard became the head of the Editions Gallimard, one of the world’s most prestigious publishing houses. He succeeded his father, Claude Gallimard who, himself, had followed his father, the founder of this venerable enterprise now celebrating its centennial year. Gallimard is a unique, independent house, boasting more Nobel Prize winners and Goncourt Prize novels than any other French publisher. In 22 years at its helm, Antoine Gallimard has both followed a singular tradition and kept his company young and forward looking into the 21st century. One of the most respected persons in his industry, Antoine Gallimard was elected President of the French National Publishers Syndicate in 2010.

In French.
Presented with the additional support of Sofitel, Open Skies, CulturesFrance, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy


Thursday, January 27, 7:00 p.m.

ANKA MUHLSTEIN
Writer; author of Napoléon à Moscou; A Passion for Freedom: The Life of Astolphe de Custine; Garçon, un cent d’huitres. Balzac et la table

Proust and Balzac: A Closer Look at the Baron de Charlus

Proust's contemporaries were obsessed by the question of keys, of real life models, and seem to have neglected the literary models that were essential to his creative process. Through the very complex character of Charlus, Anka Muhlstein will show the points of contact between Proust, Saint-Simon, and above all Balzac.