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Arnaud Guillon
Arnaud Guillon (born 1964, Caen) is a contemporary French writer, the winner of the Prix Roger Nimier in 2000 for his novel ''Écume Palace'' and the Prix Henri de Régnier in 2015 for ''Tableau de chasse, une passion très coupable''. Works * 1993: ''Tous comptes faits'', interview with Pierre Moinot, éditions Quai Voltaire, * 1994: ''Mauvais Genre'', interview with François Nourissier realised by Frédéric Badré and Arnaud Guillon, éditions Quai Voltaire, * 1998: ''Daisy printemps 69'', Plon, * 2000: ''Écume Palace'', Éditions Arléa, series "1er Mille", – Prix Roger Nimier * 2002: ''15 août'', Arléa, series "1er Mille", * 2005: ''Près du corps'', Plon, * 2006: ''Hit-parade'', Plon, * 2015: ''Tableau de chasse'', Éditions , 2015 ; reprint Le Livre de Poche, 2016, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. making Caen the second largest urban area in and the 19th largest in France. It is also the third largest commune in all of Normandy after and Rouen. It is located inland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Roger Nimier
The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards (literary movement), Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro. Recipients * 1963: Jean Freustié for ''La Passerelle'', Éditions Grasset * 1964: André de Richaud for ''Je ne suis pas mort'', Éditions France-Empire * 1966: Clément Rosset for ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés'', Éditions Gallimard * 1967: Éric Ollivier for ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'', Éditions Denoël * 1968: Patrick Modiano for ''La Place de l'étoile (novel), La Place de l'étoile'', Gallimard * 1969: Michel Doury for ''L'Indo'', Éditions Julliard * 1970: Robert Quatrepoint for ''Mort d'un Grec'', Denoël * 1971: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Henri De Régnier
The Prix Henri de Régnier awarded by the Académie française is an annual prize to support literary creation established in 1994 by grouping of the prizes of the foundations Aubry-Vitet, Bonardi, Pierre de Régnier, Xavier Marnier, Monbinne, Pierre Villey et de Vismes. It is currently endowed with 5,000 euros, the highest sum of the prizes of the foundations. List of laureates External links The Prix Henri de Régnieron the site of the Académie française Prix Henri de Régnier de l'Académie française 2016 for ''Une jeunesse de Blaise Pascal''on Livres Hebdo on Consulate General of France in New Orleans {{Authority control Henri de Regnier Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ... Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Moinot
Pierre Moinot (29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982. Bibliography *''Armes et Bagages, roman'' (1952) *''La Chasse royale, roman'' (1954) - Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ... – ''The Royal Hunt'', tr. Ralph Manheim (1955) *''La Blessure, nouvelles'' (1957) *''Le Voleur, court métrage (adaptation)'' (1960) *''Le Sable vif, roman'' (1964) – ''An Ancient Enemy'', tr. Francis Price (1965) *''Repos à Bacoli, dramatique'' (1966) *''Quand la liberté venait du ciel, série de douze dramatiques ''(1967) *''Héliogabale, théâtre'' (1971) *''La Griffe et la Dent, album animalier'' (1977) *''Maza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Nourissier
François Nourissier (Paris, 18 May 1927–Paris, 15 February 2011) was a French journalist and writer. Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review ''La Parisienne'' (1955–1958), and an adviser with the Éditions Grasset Paris publishing house (1958–1996). In 1970, he won the Prix Femina for his book ''La crève''. Several of his novels have been made into motion pictures and in 1973 he was a member of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. François Nourissier was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1977. He served as the literary organization's Secretary-General in 1983, and was its president from 1996 to 2002. In 2002, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca. On 15 February 2011 Francois Nourissier died at Sainte-Perine Hospital in Paris from the complications of Parkinson's disease. Major works * 1951 : ''L'Eau Grise'' * 1956 : ''Les Orphelins d'Auteuil'', ''Les Chiens à fouetter'' * 1957 : ''Le Corps de Diane'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Badré
Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impressionist painter best known for his depiction of figures * Frédéric Mariotti, actor In politics: * Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira, 1st Vice-President of Burundi * Frédéric Ngenzebuhoro, Vice-President of Burundi from 11 November 2004 to 26 August 2005 * Frédéric Bastiat, political economist and member of the French assembly In literature: * Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer, commentator critic and pundit * Frédéric Berat, French poet and songwriter * Frédéric Mistral, French poet In science: * Frédéric Cailliaud, French mineralogist * Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and Nobel laureate In sport: * Frédéric Bourdillon (born 1991), French-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League * Frédérick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plon (publisher)
Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers. The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelles, Belgium. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century. History The ''Éditions Plon'' were created in 1852, by Henri Plon and his two brothers. They were given the title of ''Imprimeur de l’Empereur'' (Imperial publisher) and published the correspondence of Louis XIII of France, Marie Antoinette and Napoleon I of France. During the 1920s the house published the novels of the Jewish-Algerian writer Elissa Rhaïs. Plon published Quid, an encyclopedia, from 1963 to 1974. They were acquired by the Groupe de La Cité, which was later acquired in 1988 by Havas. In 2001, Havas was itself absorbed by Vivendi, then called ''Vivendi Universal''. The Vivendi group, facing financial troubles, sold several publishing companies, including Plon, to Wendel Investissement, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arléa
Arléa is a French publishing house created in 1986. Arléa publishes thirty new titles each year, including pocket ones. His catalog contains more than a thousand titles: the great classics of Antiquity (whether Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit or Arabic texts), first novels, contemporary translations, travel stories, and history books. Arléa has its own paperback A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, ... series. External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Arlea LVMH Book publishing companies of France Publishing companies established in 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Livre De Poche
Le Livre de Poche (literally "The Pocket Book") is the name of a collection of publications which first appeared on 9 February 1953 under the leadership of and published by the , a subsidiary of Hachette. In terms of its influence on the mainstream book market, it shares a similar popularity in France as publishers like Penguin and Signet do in English-speaking territories. History Admittedly, books of a similar format, fitting in a pocket, already existed. Since 1905, Editions Jules Tallandier marketed themselves under the name ''Livre de poche'', popular novels at low cost. But the successful reception of ''Le Livre de Poche'' was due to the combination of the new idea of ''consumerism'' with the era and the popular demand for a cheap book, presented in covers recalling cinema posters, but containing quality writing. Henri Filipacchi supposedly had the idea after seeing an American soldier tearing up a book in order to fit it into the pockets of his uniform. Filipacchi succee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Parisien
''Le Parisien'' (; French for "The Parisian") is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It is owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, better known as LVMH. History and profile The paper was established as ''Le Parisien libéré'' (meaning "The Freed Parisian" in English) by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and was published for the first time on 22 August 1944. The paper was originally launched as the organ of the French underground during the German occupation of France in World War II. The name was changed to the current one in 1986. A national edition exists, called ''Aujourd'hui en France'' (meaning "Today in France" in English). LVMH acquired the paper from Éditions Philippe Amaury in 2015. Circulation ''Le Parisien'' had a circulation near to one million copies in the early 1970s. The paper reached a circulation of 659,200 copies on 24 April 1995, the day after the first round of the presidentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century French Non-fiction Writers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
