Olivier Corpet

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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. He was born in Paris.[1]

Corpet began working as an engineer for the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[2]

In 1986, he helped co-found Ent'revues, an association based on the research group.

Corpet founded the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives with Pascal Fouché and Jean-Pierre Dauphin in 1988.[3] He was Director until 2013, when he resigned for health-related reasons.[4][5]

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

References[change | change source]

  1. "Que vivent les revues". Bulletin des Bibliothèques de France (in French).
  2. "Olivier Corpet est mort". L'Histoire (in French). 8 October 2020.
  3. "Imec: la nouvelle Thélème". L'Express (in French). 2 February 2004.
  4. "Olivier Corpet démissionne de la direction de l'IMEC". Livres Hebdo (in French). 5 September 2013.
  5. "Normandie. Olivier Corpet, ancien directeur de l'Imec, est décédé". Ouest-France (in French). 7 October 2020.
  6. "Décès d'Olivier Corpet, cofondateur et ancien directeur de l'Imec". Livres Hebdo (in French). 8 October 2020.