2024-09-20 10:24:20
Robert Laffont Editions lost their director, Sophie Charvanel, who died of cancer at the age of 47. Many politicians respect her and welcome her.
The Robert Laffont units announced on Thursday the death of their president and general director, Sophie Charnavel, who died at the age of 47 after a long illness, causing many political figures on the left to react.
“He has a rare talent for bringing teams together and was able to quickly put Editions Robert Laffont back in the spotlight,” Robert Laffont said in a press release.
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“Cancer killed Sophie Charnavel, publisher and human rights activist of the left, head of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose book Do better! Towards the city of revolution Published by Robert Laffont in 2023.
“Your work in publishing is impressive, as is your talent, open-mindedness, and dedication in entering this work,” said former Insoumise and founder of Après (l’Association for the environment and society) . Raquel Garrido, presented on X “actions of solidarity” that have been made to the youth of Seine-Saint-Denis.
“The Fighting Woman”
Benoît Hamon emphasized: “He has the gift of believing in others. With regularity, happiness and generosity. The loss of Sophie Charnavel, such a gifted editor and fighting woman, leaves a great void.
Writer Tatiana de Rosnay also paid tribute to him this Friday and expressed her “surprise” and “sadness”.
Sophie Charnavel arrived within the Editis group in 2018, through Plon and Presses de la Renaissance, and since 2020 has managed one of the most famous houses of the group, Robert Laffont.
He has previously worked with Hachette, Denoël, Treasure, Privé, Flammarion and Fayard.
“He is considered in his professional area as an editor of documents (of grants, said the jealous), but he has a clear view on the incriminating manuscripts submitted to him, and which he shares with great finesse,” wrote L’Express one of the novels he edited, Louis-Henri de La Rochefoucauld.
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