Publishing and Literary Life

Agrégation: Competitive exam for teaching positions, passage to intellectual recognition.

Café littéraire: Café serving as meeting place for writers and intellectuals.

Éditeur: Publisher; major houses include Gallimard, Grasset, Seuil.

Feuilleton: Serial novel published in newspapers, popular in 19th century.

Les Grands Prix littéraires: Major literary prizes (see separate guide).

Lycée: French secondary school where many writers taught.

Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF): Influential literary journal founded 1909.

Petite presse: Popular press of 19th century where many writers published.

Revue: Literary journal or review, crucial for literary movements.