Yves Berger (14 January 1931 – 16 November 2004) was a French writer and editor. From 1960 to 2000, he was the literary director of Éditions Grasset, and published several novels in which he expressed his attachment to the United States.
The son of a road transporter, Yves Berger affirmed that this detail has its importance because several of his works were filled with his love of the voyages. After high school at the Cité scolaire Frédéric-Mistral in Avignon, Yves Berger studied at Montpellier and in Paris. His childhood, rocked by Jack London and Fenimore Cooper, inspired him with this passion for the New World that never left him.
A teacher of English, he joined Grasset in 1960, becoming one of its pillars. He earned the nickname of "manitou of literary prizes" and the reputation of making or undoing the French literary prizes. He wrote his first novel, "The South," in 1962 on the State of Virginia before the American Civil War. Yves Berger also contributes to make French au...
