Éditions des Femmes


The French feminist publishing house Éditions des Femmes was launched in 1972, mainly by women of the collective Psychoanalysis and Politics led by Antoinette Fouque, with other activists of the MLF, and funded by the patron Sylvina Boissonnas. They offer works written by women, women focused issues related to human rights and women's empowerment, women's creativity and reflection, and also produce audio books.

History

The statutes of the SARL Women were filed in December 1972. The first manager was Yvonne Boissarie. Marie-Claude Grumbach succeeded in June 1974. In 1979, sales of shares are made in favor of members Fouque, Sylvina Boissonnas and Marie-Claude Grumbach, which "represents a significant change; the equality that was the basis of the LLC is broken.".

Publications

The editions of women publish French and foreign authors, as well as "writings of yesterday". The different collections are oriented towards the human sciences, fiction, biography, correspondences, poetry, theater, narrative, and addresses multiple themes: the feminine condition, lesbianism, feminism, women's history...
One of the early bestsellers was "Hosto-Blues" by Victoria Thérame and first bestseller was "On the Side of Little Girls" by Elena Gianini Belotti, translated from Italian.
Between 1974 and 1979, the writer Hélène Cixous published eight titles of fiction: Souffles; Portrait of Dora;
Party; Angst; Wedding Preparations Beyond the Abyss; Oedipus' name, Song of the Forbidden Body; Anankè and Live Orange.
In 1993 the publisher released a photo album "Catherine Deneuve, Selected Portraits", of the actress with 28 photographers to benefit the fight against AIDS, under the editorship of Antoinette Fouque and Jean-Pierre Lavoignat for Studio Magazine.
In December 2013, the publisher issues "The Universal Dictionary of Creative Women," edited by Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque and Mireille Calle-Gruber.

Published authors

Non-exhaustive list of authors published by women's editions:
Selected list of awarded works:
The Women's group also published newspapers: Women's Daily, Women in Motion magazine monthly and weekly.

Audiobooks

In 1980, Antoinette Fouque launched a collection of audio books:
Among the famous performers who created the audiobooks, are the actors Isabelle Adjani, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi, Nathalie Baye, Charles Berling, Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Moreau, among others) and writers (Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Derrida, Marguerite Duras, Julien Gracq, Nathalie Sarraute, and others.

Bookstore and women's gallery

The first bookstore "Women" was inaugurated in Paris on May 30, 1974 at 68 rue des Saints-Pères which transferred to rue de Seine in 1981, where it includes an art gallery hosted by Marie Dedieu, which exhibits artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Milvia Maglione Françoise Martinelli, Kate Millett, Michele Knoblauch, Sophie Clavel, Tina Modotti, Claude Batho, Ilse Bing, Louise Nevelson, June Wayne, Popy Moreni, Mary Orensanz, Colette Alvarez-Urbajtel This bookshop-gallery closed in 1999, and reopened in rue Jacob, accompanied by a "women's space".
In 1976, a women's bookstore was opened in Marseille, and another in Lyon in 1977, but closed thereafter.