The founder of Auzou editions, Philippe Auzou, has died, this house, which has published great successes with children, including the adventures of the Wolf, told AFP on Friday. “It is with immense sadness that Auzou Editions and its family announce the death of its founder, Philippe Auzou, this Wednesday, June 14 at the age of 77,” the house announced in a press release.
This house is celebrating its 50th anniversary, having been founded in 1973. It claims fourth place in children’s publishing in France, having joined this segment in 2006. Auzou’s bestsellers are the albums and other holiday notebooks of the Wolf, a character created in 2009 by screenwriter Orianne Lallemand and drawn by Éléonore Thuillier. They total more than 8.8 million copies.
Philippe Auzou had started publishing, assisted by his wife, by the encyclopedias “ABC medicine” in 1973, then “ABC law” in 1975, before “The Encyclopedia in comics” (nine volumes) in 1980. His son Gauthier, who chairs the group, hailed the memory of a “resolutely optimistic and persevering entrepreneur” and “a pillar, always positive, always passionate, always benevolent”. Editions Auzou, which employs 180 people, achieved a turnover of 56.5 million euros in 2022.
