Maren Sell Editeurs founded in 1986, published 50 titles in five years, including texts by Bhomuril Hrabal, Ida Fink, Sylvie Germain, Hugo Claus, Lou Andréas Salomé, William Elscott, Hugo von Hoffmannthal...
During her four years as Editorial Director for Editions Pauvert, Maren Sell published, among others, Yann Andréa, Stéphane Zagdanski and Anouar Benmalek, as well as some "hot" non-fiction topics, such as the autobiographies of Ari Boulogne (unrecognized son of popular actor Alain Delon), Christine Deviers-Joncour (the "other woman" at the heart of a politico-financial scandal), Régine and Loanna (the first French reality TV star)...
In 2004, Maren Sell Editeurs came back to life within the Libella group headed by Vera Michalski.
Fifteen titles per year will be published along three editorial lines:
- Philosophical reflections based on the works of Peter Sloterdijk, the major part of whose work is published by Maren Sell Editeurs (Sphères III, Écumes)
- Continuity in the field of French literature, with novels by Nelly Kaplan, Claude Cabanes, Renaud Meyer, Dominique Desanti, Muriel Cerf...
- A small series entitled "The Joy of..." which will reveal the secret gardens of a varied range of well-known authors, like Michel Tournier, Emmanuel Pierrat, Hélèna Villovitch, and more...