Auguste Poulet-Malassis

Auguste Poulet - Malassis (* March 16, 1825 in Alençon, † February 11, 1878 in Paris) was a French book publisher. He is best known as the publisher Charles Baudelaire.

Auguste Poulet - Malassis came from an old book printer family. He received his education in the family, and he attended the Jesuit school in Alençon. In 1845 he went to study in Paris, where he became known for his early socialist circles. He took part in the Paris revolution of February 1848 in part and published its own magazine, L' Aimable Faubourien, journal de la canaille - vendu par la crapule et acheté par les gens honnêtes ( " The lovable suburbanites, a journal of the mob - sold by scoundrels, purchased by dignitaries " ), for which he received a sentence of seven months.

In 1850 he took over together with his brother Eugène de Broise the family printing company and also opened a bookstore in Paris. In the same year he became acquainted with Charles Baudelaire, the contract for the publication of the Fleurs du Mal, they signed on December 30, 1856. After publication of the book, there was a process in which Charles Baudelaire and chicken - Malassis to for insulting the public morality substantial fines were convicted. On May 24, 1861 Baudelaire and chicken - Malassis signed a further contract by which Baudelaire had the exclusive right to all his literary works and his translations of Edgar Allan Poe.

Also Lautréamont wanted to publish his Songs of Maldoror at Poulet - Malassis. He asked them to send review copies to the literary critic to allow the publication. However, Poulet - Malassis contented with the mention in a literary magazine that remained for the success of the book without consequences.

The taste for eclectic, political or offensive language brought Poulet - Malassis always in conflict with the law and in economic difficulties. He had to file for bankruptcy on September 2, 1862 and came into debtor's prison. He exiled to Belgium, where he began his publishing activities again and again printed for Baudelaire. In 1875 he returned to Paris, where he died.