Nouvelle Revue Française

La Nouvelle Revue Française (French: [la nuvɛl ʁəvy fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; "The New French Review") is a literary magazine based in France. In France, it is often referred to as the NRF.^[1][2][3]

History and profile

The magazine was founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals including André Gide, Jacques Copeau, and Jean Schlumberger.^[4] It was established 'in opposition to other, more established, cultural institutions, most notably the Académie Française and its associated networks'.^[5]:4

In 1911, Gaston Gallimard became editor of the Revue, which led to the founding of the publishing house, Éditions Gallimard. During World War I its publication stopped.^[6] The magazine was relaunched in 1919.^[6]

Established writers such as Paul Bourget and Anatole France contributed to the magazine from its early days. The magazine's influence grew until, during the interwar period, it became the leading literary journal, occupying a unique role in French culture. The first published works by André Malraux and Jean-Paul Sartre were in the pages of the Revue.

During the occupation in the second world war Gide and Général

• 1908–1914: André Gide
  • Interruption due to war
• 1919–1925: Jacques Rivière
• 1925–1940: Jean Paulhan
• 1940–1943: Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
  • Banned for
    collaborationism
    (1944–1953)
• 1953–1968: Jean Paulhan
• 1968–1977: Marcel Arland
• 1977–1987: Georges Lambrichs
• 1987–1996: Jacques Réda
• 1996–1999: Bertrand Visage
• 1999–2010: Michel Braudeau
• 2010–present: Antoine Gallimard

See also

• Collection Blanche
• List of literary magazines
• Mauthner, Martin, Otto Abetz and His Paris Acolytes - French Writers Who Flirted with Fascism, 1930–1945. Sussex Academic Press, 2016, (
  ISBN 978-1-84519-784-1
  )