Hervé de La Martinière, a figure in the world of publishing, died at the age of 78 – The Observatorial

The publisher created his own publishing house in 1992, after a remarkable career at Nathan, Grasset and Fayard. He was 78 years old.

Alfonso de Borbón y Escasany, second cousin of King Emeritus Juan Carlos I , died at 80 years old , as he has advanced 'Look'. He was known in the world of social chronicle thanks to his relevant family relations and was married to the aristocrat Marisa Yordi , with whom he had two children in common: Alfonso and Alejandro. At the same time, he was father-in-law of the model Eugenia Silva , with whom he had a very good relationship despite the d…

Passionate and eclectic, he was notably editor of the 2019 Goncourt Prize, "Not all men live in the world the same way", by Jean-Paul Dubois and the series of cookbooks "Fait Maison" by chef Cyril Lignac.

He entered the Hachette group at the age of 25, passing through several houses before taking over Nathan's leadership in 1987 and founding his own publishing house five years later.

The former founder and patron of the editions La Martinière had published "La Terre vue du ciel", by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 1999.

Hervé de La Martinière, former founder and owner of the La Martinière editions, died on Thursday at the age of 78, announced Saturday the editions as well as the Media-Participations group, in a press release. ...