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André Schiffrin

Born

in Paris, France

June 14, 1935

Died

December 01, 2013

Genre

Nonfiction, Business & Investing

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André Schiffrin was a European-born American author, publisher and socialist (born 1935).
Schiffrin was the son of Jacques Schiffrin, a Russian Jew who emigrated to France and briefly enjoyed success there as publisher of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, which he founded, and which was bought by Gallimard, until he was dismissed on account of the anti-Jewish laws enforced by the Vichy regime. Jacques Schiffrin and his family had to flee and eventually found refuge in the United States. As the younger Schiffrin recalls in his autobiography, A Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New York (2007), he thus experienced life in two countries as a child of a European Jewish intellectual family.
Schiffrin opposed both the Soviet inva ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 531 ratings · 76 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Business of Books: How International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read 3.78 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1999 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dr. Seuss and Co. Go to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America's Leading Comic Artists 4.04 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words & Money 3.42 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New York 3.91 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'édition sans éditeurs 3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le contrôle de la parole 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Business of Words 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soğuk Savaş ve Üniversite 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by André Schiffrin

“Les vraies universités ne sont pas celles que nous avons construites. C'est facile à dire une fois qu'on le sait. Les vraies universités subvertissent, elles corrompent, ce sont des institutions dangereuses et, qui plus est, elles peuvent être très coûteuses. Et pourtant, il y a un danger - et un coût - bien plus grand à créer une société dans laquelle personne ne sait ce que signifie être réellement libre.”
― André Schiffrin

tags: education, freedom, university

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