With her husband, they were two great architects of the rise of Bayard Presse in the youth magazine sector. They were at the origin of titles that marked entire generations. It was, for example, in “Pomme d’Api” that the publication of the illustrated stories of “Little Brown Bear” and “Mimi Cracra” began.
The couple lived in Paris for half the year and the other half in Campsegret, in Dordogne. Marie-Josèphe grew up in this village located near Villamblard. She was born Denoix de Saint Marc. His brother, Renaud, is a senior civil servant and former member of the Constitutional Council. His uncle was Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc, writer, former resistance fighter and putschist in Algeria. One of Marie-Josèphe’s four children, Laurent Beccaria, is the founder of the publishing house Les Arènes.
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Mijo Beccaria joined the Bayard group in 1965, where Yves already worked. In 1994, she became general director of the group, before being appointed member of the management board. Bayard is held by the Catholic religious congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption. Member of the advisory committee on sexual abuse of the Conference of Bishops of France, Marie-Josèphe had “produced support documentation for Church personnel on the issue of sexual violence”, according to the newspaper “La Croix “. She was also vice-president of the board of directors of the Apprentis d’Auteuil foundation and was also commander of the Legion of Honor.
