L'Harmattan
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'''Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan''' (), is one of the largest French book publishers, founded by Denis Pryen and Robert Ageneau in 1975. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in West Africa.
Key facts
- Publisher.name
- Éditions L'Harmattan
- Publisher.image
- Éditions L'Harmattan.JPG
- Publisher.alt
- Logo Éditions L'Harmattan.png
- Publisher.caption
- L'Harmattan's headquarters in Paris, France
- Publisher.status
- Active
- Publisher.founder
- Robert Ageneau and Denis Pryen
- Publisher.country
- France
- Publisher.headquarters
- Paris
- Publisher.distribution
- Worldwide
- Publisher.publications
- Books and magazines
- Publisher.topics
- Humanities
- Publisher.revenue
- (2018)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1975
- Location
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- L'Harmattan, Éditions L'Harmattan
- Status
- Active
ISNI 0000 0001 2242 7222
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- LIBRAIRIE-EDITIONS L'HARMATTAN
- Country
- France
- Headquarters
- Paris
- Legal form
- société par actions simplifiée
- Main subject
- literature
- Official website
- www.editions-harmattan.fr
- Image
- Librairie L'Harmattan, Paris - 2019.jpg
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- Commons category
- L'Harmattan
- inception
- 1975-06-11
- location of formation
- Paris
- social media followers
- 2426
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'''Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan''' (), is one of the largest French book publishers, founded by Denis Pryen and Robert Ageneau in 1975. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in West Africa.
Éditions L'Harmattan, which initially specialized in publishing French-language works in the humanities and social sciences, has four publishing houses in Europe, eleven in Africa, and two bookstores in Paris.
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