Pierre-Guillaume de Roux (25 February 1963 – 11 February 2021) was a French editor.[1]
Biography
Born in Paris on 25 February 1963, his full name was Pierre Guillaume Louis Ferdinand Marie Michel Gédéon de Roux. His parents were writer and editor Dominique de Roux and Jacqueline Brusset.[2] Pierre-Guillaume was a member of the directing committee of the Société des lecteurs de Dominique de Roux.[3]
In 1999, de Roux voiced his opposition to the Kosovo War signing the "Europeans want peace" petition.[9][10] That same year, he founded Éditions des Syrtes alongside Serge de Pahlen.[11][12] He left the publishing house in 2001.[13] He served as literary director of Éditions du Rocher from 2001 to 2006, and left the publisher fully in 2008 following a disagreement over his editorial policies.[14] He also served as editorial director of Éditions Pascal Galodé [fr].
In July 2010, de Roux founded Éditions Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, which focused on publishing essays and historical nonfiction, as well as French, Italian, and Hungarian literature.[15] He labeled himself a "right-wing editor", and was leading shareholder for all years of its existence so far other than 2015, when Charles Beigbeder held the title.[16]
Pierre-Guillaume de Roux died following a long illness on 11 February 2021 at the age of 57, fourteen days short from his 58th birthday.[17]
^ With the following publications : Patrick Carré, D'Elis à Taxila : Éloge de la vacuité, Critérion, Paris, 1991; Hubert Haddad, Le secret de l'immortalité, Critérion, Paris, 1991; Marc Petit, Rue de la mort et autres histoires, Critérion, Paris, 1992; Lettre de l'antiméridien, Critérion, Paris, 1992; and the founding essay-anthology about the movement : Jean-Luc Moreau, La Nouvelle Fiction, Critérion, Paris, 1992. For an in-depth analysis of this French literary group, see : Julian Károlyi, Literary renewal and the reader : the multiple pleasures of La Nouvelle Fiction, PhD Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1997. More generally, see : Johnnie Gratton, Postmodern French fiction : practice and theory, in Timothy Unwin (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present, Cambridge University Press, 1997, p. 256.