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The founder of the publishing house Glénat passes the torch to his daughter

4/22/2020, 6:04:18 PM


LE FIGARO INFO - The discoverer of Zep and the leading French-speaking manga editor wants to take a step back.

It is not a page but a board that turns. After having contributed to writing fifty years of success in the French edition, and in particular in the world of comics, Jacques Glénat is organizing his succession. In two to three years, his eldest daughter Marion will take over the general management of the house he founded in 1974. "I was lucky," explains Jacques Glénat to Le Figaro . My two daughters got into publishing and got a taste for it. With my eldest daughter, I finally found my double. She knows all aspects of the profession, from relationships with authors to management, including marketing, sales and derivative rights. I'm satisfied."

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At just 40, Marion Glénat is no stranger to the business. Having always been immersed in the world of comics, spending her weekends at trade fairs, she worked for eight years at Hachette Jeunesse before joining Glénat editions in 2010, where she worked in all departments to, underlines -she,

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