Éditions de Chiré

Éditions de Chiré, also known as Diffusion de la pensée française (DPF), is a French publishing house founded in 1966 by Jean Auguy. Based in Chiré-en-Montreuil, from which it takes its name, the company is known for publishing political, familial, historical, and religious works, with a catalogue dominated by Catholic traditionalist, counter-revolutionary, and various currents of the French right and far right, including nationalists, royalists, and authors on the Algerian War. Since 1 February 2011, it has been directed by François-Xavier d'Hautefeuille, Auguy's son-in-law, who also heads Lecture(s) et Tradition(s), the site Lectures françaises. The house organizes the annual 'Journées chouannes' in Chiré-en-Montreuil since 1970, gathering over sixty authors on the first Sunday of September and the preceding Saturday. It operates a Paris branch, Duquesne Diffusion, and a Nantes branch, Librairie Dobrée, acquired in October 2013 and inaugurated on 2 November 2013. Its main periodicals include Lectures françaises, founded by Henry Coston in 1957 and taken over by Auguy in 1977, and Lecture et Tradition, a monthly counter-revolutionary literary bulletin created in 1966. The publishing house is described by Jean-Yves Camus and René Monzat as close to both the far right and integralist Catholic currents.

Éditions de Chiré was founded in 1966 by Jean Auguy in Chiré-en-Montreuil, a commune in the Vienne department of France, from which the publishing house takes its name. It also operates under the name Diffusion de la pensée française (DPF). From its inception, the house specialized in political, familial, historical, and religious works, with a catalogue that came to include Catholic traditionalist, counter-revolutionary, and various right-wing and far-right authors, including nationalists, royalists, and writers on the Algerian War. In 1970, the publishing house initiated the annual 'Journées chouannes' in Chiré-en-Montreuil, a gathering named after the Chouans, insurgents who opposed the French Revolution. The event, held on the first Sunday of September and the preceding Saturday, brings together more than sixty authors each year. In 1977, Jean Auguy took over the monthly review Lectures françaises, which had been founded by Henry Coston in 1957. The review Lecture et Tradition, a monthly 'counter-revolutionary literary bulletin', was created in 1966 and published by DPF. From 1986 to 2006, the house published the annual Cahiers de Chiré under Auguy's direction. On 1 February 2011, François-Xavier d'Hautefeuille, Auguy's son-in-law, became director of the publishing house. He also heads Lecture(s) et Tradition(s), the site Lectures françaises. In May 2011, after a few months' interruption, Lecture et Tradition reappeared as 'Lecture et Tradition Nouvelle Revue' under d'Hautefeuille's direction. The house's reach is extended by its Paris branch, Duquesne Diffusion, and its Nantes branch, Librairie Dobrée, which was acquired in October 2013 and inaugurated on 2 November 2013. The publishing house has been characterized by Jean-Yves Camus and René Monzat as close to both the far right and integralist Catholic currents.

• 2013

  Librairie Dobrée in Nantes acquired in October and inaugurated on 2 November.

• 2011

  François-Xavier d'Hautefeuille becomes director on 1 February.

• 2011

  Lecture et Tradition reappears in May as 'Nouvelle Revue'.

• 1986

  Cahiers de Chiré annual publication begins (until 2006).

• 1977

  Jean Auguy takes over Lectures françaises.

• 1970

  First 'Journées chouannes' held annually.

• 1966

  Founded by Jean Auguy in Chiré-en-Montreuil.

• 1966

  Lecture et Tradition monthly review created.

Far-right, Catholic traditionalist, and counter-revolutionary publishing.

• Lectures françaises

• Lecture et Tradition

• Cahiers de Chiré

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