Éric Losfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Éric Losfeld

French publisher

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1922

Place of Birth: Mouscron, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1979

Profession: publisher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Éric Losfeld (Mouscron, 1922 - Paris, 1979) was a Belgian-born French publisher who had a reputation for publishing controversial material with his publishing imprint Éditions Le Terrain Vague.He was the publisher of Emmanuelle (1967), two film magazines (Midi Minuit Fantastique and Positif) founded by Ado Kyrou.
He published a series of controversial erotic cult comic books like Barbarella created by Jean-Claude Forest, Scarlett Dream by Robert Gigi, Epoxy by Paul Cuvelier and Jean van Hamme, the French edition of Phoebe Zeit-Geist and The Adventures of Jodelle and Pravda, both by Guy Peellaert. Losfeld's tombstone inscription reads, "Tout ce qu'il éditait avait le souffle de la liberté." ("Everything he edited had the breath of freedom.").