Jacques Schiffrin

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Jacques Schiffrin was a prominent French publisher best known for founding the prestigious Bibliothèque de la Pléiade series at Éditions Gallimard.

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Jacques Schiffrin canonical 2

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instanceOf editor
human
publisher
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery
surface form: Cimetière du Montparnasse
causeOfDeath heart attack
child André Schiffrin
collaboratedWith Gaston Gallimard
Jean Paulhan
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfCitizenship France
Russian Empire
countryOfDeath France
curated critical editions of classic authors for Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
dateOfBirth 1892-04-23
dateOfDeath 1950-11-16
employer Éditions Gallimard
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Schiffrin
fieldOfWork literature
publishing
founded Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
genre classical literature
givenName Jacques
heritage Russian-Jewish
influenced André Schiffrin
French publishing of classic literature
knownFor founding the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
Russian
livedDuring World War II
movement French literary modernism
name Jacques Schiffrin self-link
notableIdea high-quality pocket editions of classics with scholarly apparatus
notableStudentOrProtégé André Schiffrin
notableWork Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
French translations of Russian literature
occupation editor
publisher
translator
placeOfBirth Baku
placeOfDeath Paris
religion Judaism
residence Paris
sexOrGender male
spouse Simone Schiffrin
wasVictimOf antisemitic persecution in Vichy France
workLocation Paris

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André Schiffrin parent Jacques Schiffrin
Jacques Schiffrin name Jacques Schiffrin self-link