More than 100 authors have left the publishing house Grasset in an ideological dispute, expressing support for editor Olivier Nora, who was dismissed by Hachette Livre, citing an "unacceptable violation of editorial independence."

Olivier Nora, the long-serving CEO of Grasset publishing house, was dismissed, a move seen as further evidence of billionaire Vincent Bolloré's tightening control over France's leading publishing group Hachette Livre.