It’s an invitation that hasn’t gone unnoticed. Under the yoke of a preliminary investigation for “ rape of minors », revealed the writer Gabriel Matzneff present at a reception organized at the headquarters of Gallimard, his former publishing house Mediapart Tuesday 19 September.
However, Gallimard had done so officially distanced herself from him. But a photo that represents part of the world of Parisian publishing, during a reception in homage to the author Philippe Sollersdied last May, sets fire to the scene.
Gabriel Matzneff would not have been invited by Gallimard
According to the revelations of our colleagues at Mediapart, the presence of the writer would have caused great inconvenience during the reception. The daughter of the CEO of the publishing house, Margot Gallimard, preferred to leave the premises. But despite everything Matzneff remained and was in no way asked to leave the office. He explains that “ in Gallimard, several people » would have informed him of the homage to Philippe Sollers.
On the part of the organizers, several people assured that the writer had not been invited to this reception” Gabriel Matzneff was not invited either by the Gallimard house or by me to this celebration around Philippe Sollers », assured Mediapart Antonio Gallimardmanaging director of the publishing house.
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Gallimard did not just welcome Gabriel Matzneff to this reception. Mediapart reveals itAntonio Gallimard we had coffee with the writer on July 12th. If Gabriel Matzneff assures that this interview was aimed at the resale of his works withdrawn from bookstores after the release of Consent From Vanessa Springora (Grasset, 2020), Antoine Gallimard assures that this meeting was intended to reiterate this decision.
After the shock of the publication of Vanessa Springora’s book, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into “ rape committed against a minor under the age of 15 “. In the process, another woman, Francesca Gee, she also accused the writer of raping her in the 1970s, when she was 15 years old. The writer has always claimed child abuse practices in his books.
Source: Madmoizelle
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