{"id":228428,"date":"2025-03-30T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T19:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=228428"},"modified":"2025-03-30T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:52:54","slug":"librairie-tschann-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/librairie-tschann-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"La librairie Tschann, un repaire de Montparnos bient\u00f4t centenaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9e sur le boulevard du Montparnasse, \u00e0 deux pas du D\u00f4me et de La Coupole, la <strong>librairie Tschann<\/strong> c\u00e9l\u00e8brera bient\u00f4t son centenaire. Quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des \u00ab\u00a0Montparnos\u00a0\u00bb, ce lieu initialement ouvert au num\u00e9ro 84 par le couple Tschann a vu d\u00e9filer de nombreux artistes, \u00e9crivains et personnalit\u00e9s publiques d\u00e8s la fin des ann\u00e9es 1920. Connue pour sa d\u00e9fense des jeunes auteurs, la librairie a aussi marqu\u00e9 son histoire par ses engagements en termes de politique culturelle, notamment en faveur de la loi du prix unique.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">La librairie des Tschann<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ann\u00e9e 1929. Le quartier de Montparnasse, en pleine effervescence, voit appara\u00eetre une nouvelle librairie sur son boulevard \u00e9ponyme, qui collectionne d\u00e9j\u00e0 les adresses les plus festives des Ann\u00e9es folles, comme les brasseries La Coupole ou Le D\u00f4me. C&rsquo;est au num\u00e9ro 84 que le couple <strong>Louis Tschann et Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Castex<\/strong> d\u00e9cide d&rsquo;ouvrir leur commerce, apr\u00e8s avoir travaill\u00e9 plusieurs ann\u00e9es dans l&rsquo;h\u00f4tellerie. Si le lieu s&rsquo;apparente tout d&rsquo;abord \u00e0 une maison de presse, il ouvre progressivement ses rayons \u00e0 la litt\u00e9rature et ne tarde pas \u00e0 s&rsquo;affirmer comme l&rsquo;une des principales librairies fr\u00e9quent\u00e9es par les Montparnos.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Lumi\u00e8re sur les contemporains<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>C\u00f4toy\u00e9e par les artistes et \u00e9crivains du quartier, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar de Brassa\u00ef ou Louis-Ferdinand C\u00e9line, la <strong>librairie Tschann<\/strong> s&rsquo;impose comme l&rsquo;un des lieux de d\u00e9fense de la cr\u00e9ation contemporaine, tant dans le genre romanesque, la po\u00e9sie, le livre d&rsquo;art et les revues. Cet engagement se poursuit\u00a0lorsque Marie-Madeleine Tschann, fille du couple, reprend l&rsquo;affaire et d\u00e9cide de d\u00e9fendre de jeunes auteurs comme Samuel Beckett, Eug\u00e8ne Ionesco ou Marguerite Duras.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228447\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"Librairie Tschann\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Librairie Tschann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Le prix unique<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Au cours de son histoire, la librairie Tschann est marqu\u00e9e par son combat en faveur du prix unique des livres. En effet, dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, l&rsquo;installation de la <strong>Fnac<\/strong> dans la rue de Rennes met \u00e0 mal l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 des librairies ind\u00e9pendantes du quartier en r\u00e9duisant le prix des livres de 20 %. Marie-Madeleine Tschann s&rsquo;engage alors, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s d&rsquo;autres libraires, \u00e9diteurs et auteurs, \u00e0 faire reconna\u00eetre la sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9 du livre et demander qu&rsquo;un <strong>prix unique<\/strong> de chaque ouvrage neuf soit attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 tous les points de vente en France. \u00c0 la suite d&rsquo;une tribune, le ministre de la Culture Jack Lang parvient \u00e0 faire voter une loi, dite \u00ab\u00a0loi Lang\u00a0\u00bb, qui est toujours d&rsquo;actualit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228448\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2.jpg\" alt=\"Librairie Tschann\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-80x107.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/librairie_tschann-paris-zigzag-2-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Librairie Tschann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Une adresse bient\u00f4t centenaire<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Malmen\u00e9e par l&rsquo;augmentation du prix des loyers, la librairie Tschann parvient \u00e0 \u00eatre sauv\u00e9e gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une vive mobilisation men\u00e9e dans les ann\u00e9es 1880. Celle-ci emm\u00e9nage alors en 1889 dans un nouveau local du boulevard du Montparnasse, cette fois au num\u00e9ro 125, d\u00e9tenant une jolie devanture vitr\u00e9e. D\u00e9sormais tenue par Yannick Poirier et Fernando Barros, elle conserve toujours sa fa\u00e7ade verte et ses \u00e9tag\u00e8res en bois, sa large s\u00e9lection d&rsquo;ouvrages litt\u00e9raires et artistiques, propose des rencontres avec des auteurs et ne tardera pas \u00e0 <strong>f\u00eater son centenaire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAYEot2tnDO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAYEot2tnDO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Tschann Libraire (@librairie_tschann)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Romane Fraysse<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Librairie Tschann<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n125 boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement : <a title=\"Savez-vous qu\u2019un ancien moulin est \u00e9rig\u00e9 au c\u0153ur du cimeti\u00e8re du Montparnasse ?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/moulin-charite-montparnasse\/\">Savez-vous qu\u2019un ancien moulin est \u00e9rig\u00e9 au c\u0153ur du cimeti\u00e8re du Montparnasse ?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une :<\/span><\/strong> Librairie Tschann &#8211; \u00c9ric Douriez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situ\u00e9e sur le boulevard du Montparnasse, \u00e0 deux pas du D\u00f4me et de La Coupole, la librairie Tschann c\u00e9l\u00e8brera bient\u00f4t son centenaire. Quartier g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des \u00ab\u00a0Montparnos\u00a0\u00bb, ce lieu initialement ouvert au num\u00e9ro 84 par le couple Tschann a vu d\u00e9filer de nombreux artistes, \u00e9crivains et personnalit\u00e9s publiques d\u00e8s la fin des ann\u00e9es 1920. 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