Albert Lacroix

Albert Lacroix (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ lakʁwa]) was a 19th-century Belgian publisher and printer who risked launching some seminal authors like the Goncourt brothers and Émile Zola. In 1869 he published Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. However, fearing prosecution for blasphemy and obscenity, he ultimately refused to sell the book. In 1862, he was the original publisher of Les Misérables under the name Librairie internationale A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven, et Cie.

Albert Lacroix
Lacroix between 1861 and 1889
Born(1834-10-09)9 October 1834[1]
Died29 September 1903(1903-09-29) (aged 68)[1]

References

Lautréamont "Los Cantos de Maldoror". Edition by Manuel Serrat. Cátedra. Letras Universales, Madrid, 1988. ISBN 84-376-0743-4


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