Announced as Tallandier president, Sophie Berlin finally dismissed

A few months after being announced last June as the new president of Tallandier Editions, a house specializing in history, geopolitics and documents, Sophie Berlin is finally removed from the post even before taking office. “Sophie Berlin was supposed to succeed me but the transplant did not take placeentrusted to Weekly Books Xavier de Bartillatat the head of Tallandier since 2011. It didn’t work, there were differences regarding the vision and strategy of the house. »

Xavier de Bartillat’s goal is always to find a successor and to take a step back by maintaining an advisory role within the house. “There is no particular desired profile, they are each personalities with different destinies”he adds.

Joined by Weekly BooksSophie Berlin, for her part, did not wish to react. In the past, she worked mainly within Flammarion as an editor and literary director of the Pocket and Human Sciences collections. She then took the helm of Editions Autre. Since the beginning of the year, she has co-directed Plon editions with Jean-Luc Barre.

During this transition period, Tallandier editions continue to publish, including the work of Matthew Lours, Rebuilding Notre-Damepublished on November 21 and dedicated to the restoration of the emblematic Parisian building. A book commissioned by the public establishment. Xavier de Bartillat also praised the memory of the historian Jean-Pierre Riouxdied on December 6. “I was very attached to Jean-Pierre Riouxwith whom I worked on his books at Perrin and here at Tallandier. He is an important historian. »