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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
French publisher
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
10 January 1914
Death:
29 April 1991
Family:
Father:
Gaston Gallimard
Spouse(s):
Simone Gallimard
Children:
Françoise Gallimard
Christian Gallimard
Antoine Gallimard
Isabelle Gallimard
The details
Biography
Introduction
Claude Gallimard (10 January 1914 – 29 April 1991) was a French publisher and business leader.
The son of Gaston Gallimard, he was, from 1976 to 1988, the head of the publishing house Gallimard, founded by his father in 1911.
Biography
Claude Gallimard worked in the family business of which he would become the president at the death of his father on 15 January 1976.
Married to Simone Cornu, he had with her four children who all worked in the book trades: Françoise, Christian, Antoine, and Isabelle.
In 1988, ill, Claude Gallimard handed the management of the group to his son Antoine, after removing his eldest son, Christian.