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Adriana Hunter
Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa. She has been short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize twice. In 2011 she won the Scott Moncrieff Prize for her translation of Véronique Olmi's ''Beside the Sea''. In 2013, she won the 27th Annual Translation Prize founded by the French-American Foundation and the Florence Gould Foundation for her translation of ''Electrico W'' by Hervé Le Tellier (2013). She is also a contributor to Words Without Borders. She lives in Kent, England. In 2017, she became the English translator for new comic albums in the ''Asterix'' series. Translations from French The dates refer to the publication of the English translation. * ''The Disappearance: A Primer of Loss'' by Geneviève Jurgensen (2000). * ''Five Photos of My Wife'' by Agnès Desarthe (2001). * ''The Darkest Red'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear And Trembling (novel)
''Fear and Trembling'' (original title: ''Stupeur et tremblements'', which means "Stupefaction and trembling") is a fictional, satirical novel by Amélie Nothomb, first published in 1999, and translated into English by Adriana Hunter in 2001. It was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française that year. It was adapted into the film ''Fear and Trembling (film), Fear and Trembling'' in 2003. Plot Amélie, a young Belgium, Belgian woman who spent the first five years of her life in Japan, returns to Japan as a young adult, signing a one-year contract as a translator at the prestigious company Yumimoto. Through a series of comical cultural misunderstandings, Amélie, who begins at the bottom of the corporate ladder, manages to descend even lower. During her time at Yumimoto, she is the direct subordinate of Fubuki Mori, whose friendly demeanor quickly disappears when Amélie unwittingly oversteps herself. Bored and frustrated with how she is apparently not assigned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sexual Life Of Catherine M
''The Sexual Life of Catherine M.'' by the art critic Catherine Millet was published in the author's native French in 2001. An English translation by Adriana Hunter was published in 2002. ''Sexual Life'' was the subject of mild controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. It was reviewed by Edmund White as "the most explicit book about sex ever written by a woman." The book won the Prix Sade in France. Overview The book quickly introduces the theme, with group sex taking place from the fourth page. Despite this explicit content, critics have identified other aspects in the work, with a review in salon.com stating: ...the most shocking thing about “The Sexual Life of Catherine M.,”... is that it isn’t particularly shocking at all. A good quarter of the time, it works as pornography (and I use the term in a descriptive sense, not a judgmental one); the rest of the time it’s a rumination on the nature of desire and pleasure and the experience of living a life that is specif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Louis Fournier
Jean-Louis Fournier (born 19 December 1938, Calais) is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 2008, for ''Où on va, papa?''. Biography Jean Louis Fournier is the son of Dr Paul Léandre Emile Fournier and his wife Marie-Thérèse Françoise Camille Fournier née Delcourt. In 2009, Fournier published his book ''Où On Va Papa?'', in which he writes about the relationship between him and his two handicapped sons, Mathieu and Thomas. The book won him the Prix Femina; however, its controversial nature meant it had many critics, including the mother of the two boys. Works *''Grammaire française et impertinente'', Payot, 1992, *''Le curriculum vitae de Dieu'', Seuil, 1995, *''Les mots des riches, les mots des pauvres'', Anne Carrière, 2004, *''Le Petit Meaulnes'', LGF/Le Livre de Poche, 2004, *''Où on va, papa?'', Stock, 2008, **''Where We Going, Daddy?: Life with Two Sons Unlike Any Other'', Translator Adriana Hunter Adriana Hunter is a British translator of Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Sijie
Dai Sijie (born 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker. Early life Dai was born in Putian, Fujian, in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of medical sciences at West China University. He grew up extensively reading and thinking. Dai excels in many things, including being a skilled tailor. The Maoist government sent him to a re-education camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974 during the Cultural Revolution. Though as the only child in the family he would have been excused, he went there with the idea of undergoing the spartan training. Much of this experience was the source of his first book. After his return, he completed his professional certificate as a teacher. He briefly taught in the No. 16 High School of Chengdu upon his enrolling to the Department of History of Sichuan University in February 1978 (so-called 77 grader), where he studied art history. Career In 1984, Dai left China for France on a scholarship to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Pauvert '', a 1992 drama film
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Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural populated place in the United States * Olivier (crater), on the Moon * Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine * ''Olivier'' (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras * The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre * The Laurence Olivier Awards, a theatrical award * Olivier (comics), a foe of The Punisher See also * ''Olivier, Olivier ''Olivier, Olivier'' is a 1992 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival and won an award at the 1992 Valladolid International Film Festival. The plot involves a nine-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valérie Zenatti
Valérie Zenatti (born 1 April 1970, in Nice) is a French writer, translator and screenwriter. Biography Her novel, ' enjoyed a critical and public success and - after being selected in the final prix Médicis and prix des libraires – was awarded the prix du Livre Inter in June 2015. on the site of 8 June 2015. and seven other prizes including the , le Prix Libraires en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Véronique Ovaldé
Véronique Ovaldé (born 1972) is a French novelist. Her fifth novel ''Et mon cœur transparent'' won the Prix France Culture/Télérama in 2008. Her seventh novel ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2009), the Prix France Télévisions (2009) and the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (2010). She has had two books translated in English by Adriana Hunter, but Ovaldé's other titles are still available for interested publishers and translators. She lives in Paris. Works * 2000: ''Le Sommeil des poissons'', Éditions du Seuil * 2002: ''Toutes choses scintillant'', L'Ampoule, * 2003: ''Les hommes en général me plaisent beaucoup'', Actes Sud, J'ai lu, 2006 * 2005: ''Déloger l’animal'', Actes Sud (Translated by ''Adrian Hunter'' as ''Kick Out the Animal'') * 2006: ''La Très Petite Zébuline'' with Joëlle Jolivet, Actes Sud junior * 2008: '' Et mon cœur transparent'', éditions de l'Olivier (Translated by ''Adrian Hunter'' as ''And My See-T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Gaudé
Laurent Gaudé (born demain, 6 July 1972) is a French writer. He studied theater and has written many dramatic works, among them ''Onysos le furieux, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali,'' and ''Le Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate''. Life Gaudé was born in Paris. After a master's in humanities at the Université Paris III,http://www.larousse.fr/encyclo/Data/print/PERSONNAGE/prt183982.htm for which he presented a dissertation entitled ''Le thème du combat dans la dramaturgie comptemporaine française'' (''The theme of combat in the French contemporary dramaturgy''), supervised by Michel Corvin (1994), then a post-graduate diploma at the same university, for which he presented a dissertation entitled ''Le conflit dans le théâtre contemporain'' (''The conflict in contemporary theater''), supervised by Jean-Pierre Sarrazac (1998), he wrote plays (1999). His first play, ''Combat de possédés'', was published in 1999. It has been performed in Germany and has been read at the Royal Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Oster
Christian Oster (born 1949) is a French writer. He has written more than a dozen novels, and he is also a prolific author of children's books. Noted works include ''My Big Apartment'' (1999) which won the Prix Médicis, and ''The Cleaning Woman'' (2001). The latter was adapted into a film by Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w .... References French writers Living people 1949 births Prix Médicis winners {{France-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Dorner
Françoise Dorner (born 17 June 1949, Paris) is a French actress, screenwriter, author of plays and novels. Biography Actress Dorner appeared for the first time in the cinema thanks to Éric Le Hung who entrusted her in 1975 one of the main roles of '' Raging Fists'' along , Marie-Georges Pascal and Tony Gatlif, also author of the script. She can be seen in 1981 in ''Haute surveillance'' by then in 1984 next to Pierre Richard in '' The twin''. Finally, in 1992 she played in ''Les amies de ma femme'' by Didier Van Cauwelaert with Michel Leeb, Christine Boisson and . Although her film career remains quite modest, Françoise Dorner, has been very present on the small screen since the late 1960s. She was the star of several TV movies and embodied in particular ''La Petite Fadette'' in 1978. In 1985, she interpreted the commissioner Françoise Valence in the series "Madame et ses flics". The television also gave her in 1996, the possibility of adapting one of her plays, ''Le Parfum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Joncour
Serge Joncour (born 1961) is a French novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Paris and studied philosophy at university. His debut novel ''UV'' was published in 1998. Notable books include: * ''L'Écrivain national'', which won the Prix des Deux Magots * ''Repose-toi sur moi'' winner of the Prix Interallié * ''Chien loup'', winner of the Prix Landerneau des Lecteurs, which became the first of his novels to appear in English translation. * ''Nature humaine'', winner of Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ... 2020. As a screenwriter, he wrote the script for '' Elle s'appelait Sarah'' (2011) starring Kristin Scott Thomas. He was recently suspended from Twitter. References 1961 births Living people French novelists Prix Interallié winners P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel (born 2 February 1962) is a French writer and film director. Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy. He directed the 2008 film ''I've Loved You So Long'' (''Il y a longtemps que je t'aime''). Much admired, it won the 2009 BAFTA for the best film not in English. Life After studying in Nancy, he remained there and for eleven years worked as a teacher in prisons. Contact with his students inspired short stories, novels, and then screenplays. He has said that the experience made him give up his simple opinions about people, about guilt, about the water to judge others. "It's clear to me now that it would have been impossible for me to write a novel like ''Brodeck's Report'' or ''Grey Souls'', to make a movie like ''I've Loved You So Long'', if I hadn't been in jail." Awards His best-known work to date is the novel '' Les Âmes grises'' (Grey Souls), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
