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Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen.[1][2][3] By 2013, the company, now headed by Nyseen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen,[1] had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.[2] In 2015, two of its authors won literary prizes: Mathias Énard won the Prix Goncourt and Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in Literature.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Leménager, Grégoire (November 15, 2011). "La mort d'Hubert Nyssen, fondateur d'Actes Sud". Le Nouvel Observateur. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Beuve-Méry, Alain (January 3, 2013). "Actes Sud rachète Payot & Rivages". Le Monde. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Molga, Paul (November 11, 2012). "Le Goncourt force la croissance d'Actes Sud". Les Echos. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  4. ^ Van Renterghem, Marion (November 4, 2015). "Françoise Nyssen, l'éditrice à qui tout réussit". Le Monde. Retrieved October 7, 2016.