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Franceâs book industry puts out around 200 new titles a day. It has thousands of publishers vying for authors and readers. But the face of French literature has long been that of a white male writer. Only 12 women writers have won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in its 118-year history.Â
Now a deluge of new writing is hitting the bookshelves, with titles by both established publishers and niche publishers trying to open up the field. Over the last decade, this has led to a shift in the publishing world toward greater diversity, including more titles by second-generation French authors and other writers of color.Â
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A Year of Scandals and Self-Questioning for Franceâs Top Publishers
The release of âConsentâ put Franceâs literary establishment under a harsh spotlight. The publishing industry is grappling with a nation that it resembles less and less.
Olivier Nora, the head of the publishing house Grasset, in its century-old library at its headquarters in Paris.Credit.Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times
PARIS â Franceâs publishers are usually cloistered in newspapersâ genteel book sections or discussed with near reverence on television literary programs. But for the past 12 months, they have been under the harsh spotlight of muckraking online investigators and of police blotters.
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