Éditions Métailié

Éditions Métailié (also known as Éditions AM Métailié) is an independent Parisian publishing house founded in autumn 1978 and directed by Anne-Marie Métailié. It is based in Paris and operates primarily in the French-language market. The company is privately owned and independent, with Anne-Marie Métailié as its founder and director. The house initially specialised in lusophone and hispanophone literature. Its first publication was a 1557 text, Nus, féroces et anthropophages by Hans Staden, the account of a German mercenary who encountered the Tupinambas of Brazil and tried to convince them that his flesh was unfit for consumption. Métailié also commissioned new translations of Machado de Assis. Its first publishing success was Le Bâtard de Palerme by Luigi Natoli. In 1982, the house began publishing contemporary Portuguese authors such as António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge. Anne-Marie Métailié has said of them: 'António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge evoked decolonisation as I, a pied-noir, would have liked French literature to do. And I also had intuitions. I thought that the galloping urbanisation of Latin America would produce new authors.' The 1992 publication of Chilean author Luis Sepúlveda's Le Vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour, translated the same year, was a major success. The catalogue expanded with Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II and European authors such as Alasdair Gray, Arnaldur Indriðason, Stéphane Dovert, Italians Andrea Camilleri and Giulio Angioni, and French writers Hannelore Cayre, Serge Quadruppani, Bernard Giraudeau and Olivier Truc. In comics, it distributes series such as Les Déjantées and Tournants dangereux by Argentine cartoonist Maitena. The house also publishes all French translations of bestselling Spanish author Rosa Montero, eight of them by 2015. By 2015, the catalogue contained 1,000 titles. Among its most awarded books are Le Dernier Lapon by Olivier Truc (2012), which won around fifteen prizes, and L'Homme qui aimait les chiens by Leonardo Padura (2011). The publisher also issued event anthologies: Quand on aime… (1999, 320 p., ISBN 2-86424-319-9), a collection of short stories by 30 authors for the house's 20th anniversary, and A Table ! (2004, 320 p., ISBN 2-86424-513-2), with 42 authors for its 25th anniversary. The official website lists news, forthcoming titles and author events, including appearances by Olivier Truc and Anne-Marie Métailié.

Éditions Métailié was founded in autumn 1978 by Anne-Marie Métailié as an independent publishing house based in Paris. From the outset, it focused on lusophone and hispanophone literature. Its first publication was a 1557 text, Nus, féroces et anthropophages by Hans Staden, the account of a German mercenary who encountered the Tupinambas of Brazil and tried to convince them that his flesh was unfit for consumption. The house also commissioned new translations of Machado de Assis. Its first publishing success was Le Bâtard de Palerme by Luigi Natoli. In 1982, Métailié began publishing contemporary Portuguese authors such as António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge. Anne-Marie Métailié explained her motivation: 'António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge evoked decolonisation as I, a pied-noir, would have liked French literature to do. And I also had intuitions. I thought that the galloping urbanisation of Latin America would produce new authors.' The 1992 publication of Chilean author Luis Sepúlveda's Le Vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour, translated the same year, was a major commercial and critical success. The catalogue continued to grow with Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II and European authors such as Alasdair Gray, Arnaldur Indriðason, Stéphane Dovert, Italians Andrea Camilleri and Giulio Angioni, and French writers Hannelore Cayre, Serge Quadruppani, Bernard Giraudeau and Olivier Truc. In comics, the house distributes series such as Les Déjantées and Tournants dangereux by Argentine cartoonist Maitena. It also publishes all French translations of bestselling Spanish author Rosa Montero, eight of them by 2015. By 2015, the catalogue contained 1,000 titles. Among its most awarded books are Le Dernier Lapon by Olivier Truc (2012), which won around fifteen prizes, and L'Homme qui aimait les chiens by Leonardo Padura (2011). The publisher also issued event anthologies: Quand on aime… (1999, 320 p., ISBN 2-86424-319-9), a collection of short stories by 30 authors for the house's 20th anniversary, and A Table ! (2004, 320 p., ISBN 2-86424-513-2), with 42 authors for its 25th anniversary. The official website lists news, forthcoming titles and author events, including appearances by Olivier Truc and Anne-Marie Métailié.

• 2015

  Catalogue reaches 1,000 titles.

• 2012

  Publishes Le Dernier Lapon by Olivier Truc, which wins around fifteen prizes.

• 2011

  Publishes L'Homme qui aimait les chiens by Leonardo Padura.

• 2004

  Publishes A Table !, a short story anthology by 42 authors for the 25th anniversary.

• 1999

  Publishes Quand on aime…, a short story anthology by 30 authors for the 20th anniversary.

• 1992

  Publishes Le Vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour by Luis Sepúlveda, a major success.

• 1982

  Begins publishing contemporary Portuguese authors such as António Lobo Antunes and Lídia Jorge.

• 1978

  Éditions Métailié founded in autumn by Anne-Marie Métailié in Paris.

Independent publisher specialising in lusophone and hispanophone literature, with a diverse catalogue of international fiction and crime writing.

• 1978

  Nus, féroces et anthropophages by Hans Staden

• Le Bâtard de Palerme by Luigi Natoli

• 1992

  Le Vieux qui lisait des romans d'amour by Luis Sepúlveda

• 2012

  Le Dernier Lapon by Olivier Truc

• 2011

  L'Homme qui aimait les chiens by Leonardo Padura

• 1999

  Quand on aime… (collective)

• 2004

  A Table ! (collective)

1. 1Editions Métailié official websiteeditions-metailie.com
2. 2Wikidata: Métailiéwikidata.org
3. 3Wikipédia: Éditions Métailiéfr.wikipedia.org