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Le Cercle du Livre de France
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Le Cercle du Livre de France was a publishing house founded by Pierre Tisseyre, based on an original idea of two Americans, Horace Marston and Charles Spilka. They had created Le Cercle in New York so that the French brides of the G.I. could get French language books. From 1948 to 1964, Pierre Tisseyre worked for them on contract and on the condition that he could continue publishing Canadian books. They would choose the books that will be presented each month to the members at the very moment of their publication in France. In 1949, he created the Le Cercle de France Prize (manuscript prize). In 1964, he decided to buy the business from Horace Marston. He became the owner in 1967.