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Fayard

Logo: Éditions Fayard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Paris-based French publishing house

Fayard (French: [fajaʁ]; complete name: Librairie Arthème Fayard) is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.2 It is headquartered in France.1 Its chief executive is Lise Boëll (since 2024).1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1857Founded1
  • Industrybook publishing1
  • HeadquartersFrance1
  • Founded inParis1
  • Websitewww.fayard.fr
  • Legal formpublic limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)1

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Fayard (French: [fajaʁ]; complete name: Librairie Arthème Fayard) is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.2

Corporate structure

Fayard is part of a group headed by Lagardère Group. 97 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Arthème Fayard in 1857, in Paris.1

In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard from 1980 until his retirement in 2009. He was replaced by Olivier Nora, previously head of Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle another division of the Hachette group.

On 6 November 2013, Nora was replaced by Sophie de Closets, who officially took over at the beginning of 2014.

In December 2009, Hachette Littérature (publisher of the Pluriel pocket collection) was absorbed by Fayard. Isabelle Seguin, the director of Hachette Littérature, became literary director of Fayard.

From Wikipedia’s article on Fayard, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Fayard, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Isabelle Saporta2022–2024
  2. Lise Boëll2024–now
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Apr 2024New chief executive Lise Boëll becomes CEO1
  2. Jun 2022New chief executive Isabelle Saporta becomes CEO1
  3. 1857Founded Founded in Paris1

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