Edmond Charlot

French-Algerian art dealer, publisher and editor best known for his friendship with French philosopher Albert Camus and for being his first editor. He exhibited artwork and was a leading cultural figure in French literature, especially of the Mediterranean region on both the European and African shores.

Charlot was a publisher and ran specialist bookshops in Algiers and Pézenas as well as being an editor in Paris. He published the first works of Albert Camus and many other important authors, including a translation of Gertrude Stein. His contribution to literature, visual arts and French culture had been little recognised in his lifetime – even by close friends.

He died on 10 April 2004 at age 89 in Béziers, close to where he lived in Pézenas in the south of France. Since his death his work and influence on the arts and literature has been discussed in colloquia, articles and books.