Antoine Gallimard had to make an exceptional decision, and he explains why, Sunday January 12, in the columns of Sunday newspaper. For the boss of Gallimard editions, the sale of Newspaper by Gabriel Matzneff, the subject of an investigation into rape of a minor, “Was becoming more and more problematic” because of «Link» of his writings with “Actual facts concerning living persons”.
“I felt that the link, the tension between his writings and real life was becoming more and more problematic and that the spirit of transgression could not alone justify the programming”, justifies Antoine Gallimard. “I consider him a writer, but I have always been embarrassed that the Newspaper report real facts about living people ”continues the CEO of Gallimard, while emphasizing his opposition to “Any form of censorship”.
“Of course, I had doubts” as to the merits of the publication of the Newspaper of the writer, he admits. The publishing house announced on Tuesday the cessation of the marketing of Gabriel Matzneff’s Journal that she had published for thirty years, following the testimony of Vanessa Springora in The consent, a book that throws a harsh light on the pedophile practices of the 83-year-old writer, now under investigation for “rape of a minor”.
“There was a missing part: the victim”
This is the first time Gallimard has taken such a step. “When I heard about the Consent, before its release in bookstores, I did not think to move ”, says Antoine Gallimard. ” But, he justifies, beyond the debate on the literary quality of the text, I was very touched by reading Vanessa Springora’s book. She made me realize the devastating effects of manipulating an adult on a very young girl. In the Newspaper from Gabriel Matzneff, there was a missing part: the victim. “
It’s this text that “Motivated” Antoine Gallimard assures me, because according to him “My responsibility as a man and a publisher is also to hear the suffering of others”. After Gallimard, three other publishing houses: La Table Ronde (Madrigall group, controlled by Antoine Gallimard), Léo Scheer and Stock have announced that they are ceasing to market the writer’s works under a preliminary investigation. for rape of minors under 15 years of age.
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