"[3] The company published a number of notable authors, including André Maurois, François Mauriac, Henry de Montherlant, Paul Morand (called the 4 Ms) and later on: Raymond Radiguet, Blaise Cendrars, André Malraux, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Fernand de Brinon, Jacques Doriot, Abel Bonnard, Jacques Chardonne, and Georges Blond.
In 1921, Grasset hired Daniel Halévy to edit a new line of books, Les Cahiers Verts [fr] (The Green Notebooks).
In 1948 Bernard Grasset was convicted of collaboration with the Nazis in World War II, fined 10,000 francs and sentenced to "national condemnation for life.
"[7] Bernard Grasset was not the only person in his circle accused of collaborating, as Henry de Montherlant was also condemned for sympathizing with Nazis.
From 1981 to 2005, Lucien Bodard, Dominique Fernandez, Amin Maalouf, Patrick Rambaud, Pascal Quignard, François Weyergans, published by Grasset, won the Prix Goncourt.
Jean-Marie Rouart, Raphaële Billetdoux, François Weyergans, Pascal Bruckner, Dominique Bona, Daniel Picouly, Frédéric Beigbeder, Virginie Despentes, Yann Moix, Olivier Guez, won the Prix Renaudot, from 1984 to 2017.
The company continues to publish French and translated literature, including books by non-French authors such as Umberto Eco, Gabriel García Márquez, Colm Toibin, Hanya Yanagihara, and many others.
[9] The book is a memoir describing Springora's grooming and sexual abuse as a young teenager at the hands of author Gabriel Matzneff, who was 49 at the time.