Olivier Corpet Explained

Olivier Corpet
Birth Date:4 September 1949
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Writer
Author

Olivier Corpet (4 September 1949 – 6 October 2020) was a French author and writer. He was co-founder, then director of the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives for 24 years.

Biography

Corpet was born in Paris on 4 September 1949. He was the grandson of the musical critic Robert Brussel, and the great-grandson of Lucien Corpet, founder of Corpet-Louvet. Olivier studied economics and sociology at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, where he defended a thesis on social sciences, devoted to the scientific journal titled Arguments published by Les Éditions de Minuit from 1956 to 1962.[1]

Corpet began working as an engineer for the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[2] He then began his professional career as a writer in the early 1970s for Autogestion, which discussed historical and theoretical research on self-management.[3] In 1980, he changed the name of the magazine, adding an "s" to the end to make it Autogestions. Corpet succeeded Yvon Bourdet as director of the journal until his retirement from Autogestions in 1986.[4]

In 1985, Corpet created a research group on scientific journals at the Maison des Sciences de l'homme Paris-Nord. In 1986, he helped co-found Ent'revues, an association based on the research group. He also helped create the Revue des revues alongside Jean Gattégno.[5]

Supported by Jack Lang, Christian Bourgois, Antoine Gallimard, and Claude Durand, Corpet founded the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives with Pascal Fouché and Jean-Pierre Dauphin in 1988.[6] He served as Director until 2013, when he resigned for health-related reasons.[7] [8] He entrusted management of the Institute to Nathalie Léger, Albert Dichy, and André Derval.

Olivier Corpet died in Paris on 6 October 2020 at the age of 71.[9]

Publications

Novel

Scientific Editions

Prefaces

Distinctions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Que vivent les revues. Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France. French.
  2. Web site: Olivier Corpet est mort. 8 October 2020. L'Histoire. French.
  3. Web site: Olivier Corpet, cofondateur de l’Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine, est mort. 9 October 2020. Le Monde. French.
  4. Web site: Yvon Bourdet (1920 – 2005). 11 January 2016. Association Autogestion. French.
  5. Web site: Des revues aux archives : Olivier Corpet se passe en revue. 14 May 2014. Ent'revues. French.
  6. Web site: Imec: la nouvelle Thélème. 2 February 2004. L'Express. French.
  7. Web site: Olivier Corpet démissionne de la direction de l'IMEC. 5 September 2013. Livres Hebdo. French.
  8. Web site: Normandie. Olivier Corpet, ancien directeur de l’Imec, est décédé. 7 October 2020. Ouest-France. French.
  9. Web site: Décès d’Olivier Corpet, cofondateur et ancien directeur de l’Imec. 8 October 2020. Livres Hebdo. French.
  10. Web site: Olivier Corpet décoré des insignes d’officier des Arts et Lettres. 21 September 2013. IMEC. French.
  11. Web site: JORF n° 1 du 1er janvier 2017. 1 January 2017. Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur. French.

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