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Hubert Nyssen (born 11 April 1925[1] – 12 November 2011[2]) was a Belgian-French writer, publisher and founder of the Éditions Actes Sud.

Hubert Nyssen
Born11 April 1925
Brussels
Died12 November 2011(2011-11-12) (aged 86)
Paradou
OccupationNovelist
Essayist
Poet
Publisher
Spouse(s)Christine Le Bœuf
ChildrenFrançoise Nyssen

Biography


Hubert Nyssen grew up in Boitsfort (today a commune in Brussels) and settled in Provence in 1968. He became a naturalised French citizen in 1976. A novelist, diarist, essayist and poet, he was the author of numerous books.

During his childhood in Brussels, under the German occupation, he was influenced by his grandfather who gave him a taste for intellectual culture. After his university studies at the Free University of Brussels, he founded an advertising company which became one of the most prosperous in Belgium. At the same time, he ran his own cultural center in Brussels, spoke on the radio and published his first literary works. In 1978, breaking up with his past as a French businessman, he founded in Arles the éditions Actes Sud with the help of his wife Christine Le Bœuf, a descendant of a rich family of Belgian businessmen, Henry Le Bœuf and Albert Thys. In this new life, his dispositions for business and his literary talents were soon to bear fruit, whereas at the time, setting up a publishing house in the south of France constituted an unprecedented audacity, all large French publishing houses being Parisian. It was a challenge and a real "cultural exception". Among his many editorial successes, he made known the American author Paul Auster in French translation and published in French the Swedish thriller trilogy Millennium.[3]

But he was also a talented author and published more than forty works in the fields of novel, theater, poetry and essays.

Doctor of Arts, he taught at the University of Provence and University of Liège. The University of Liège, which hosts its archives, the Nyssen Fund, appointed him Doctor honoris causa in 2003.

In 2011, he was made Chevalier of the Order of the Mérite wallon [fr].[4]

On his death, the Argentinian writer Alberto Manguel paid tribute to him:

What was always disconcerting with Nyssen, was his ability to bring together a diverse group of people without ever placing himself at the center, as an invisible gravitational force that lends movement and grace to other bodies. All his conversations had in common the same character: he was a mere witness.

— in Le Devoir, 29 November 2011[5]

Works



Work and short stories



Essays



Poems



Opera and theatre



Youth



Studies on the work and the editorial activity



Distinctions and tributes



References


  1. Biographie on Hubert Nyssen's official website
  2. Annonce du décès d'Hubert Nyssen sur ActuaLitté
  3. "Hubert Nyssen ou l'exception culturelle", Jean-Pierre Thiollet, France-Soir, 16 November 2011
  4. "Rudy Demotte a remis les premiers Mérites wallons". 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. « Pour Hubert Nyssen », Le Devoir, 29 November 2011, p. A7
  6. Notice Hubert Nyssen on the website of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique



На других языках

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[fr] Hubert Nyssen

Hubert Nyssen, né le 11 avril 1925 à Ixelles[1] et mort le 12 novembre 2011 à Paradou[2] est un écrivain et éditeur belge[3], naturalisé français en 1976[4], fondateur des éditions Actes Sud.


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