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Athénée Louisianais
The Athénée Louisianais (est. 1876) was a francophone literary society in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founding members were P. G. T. Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 - February 20, 1893) was a Confederate general officer of Louisiana Creole descent who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly ..., Oliver Carrière, Paul Fourchy, J. G. Hava, Auguste Jas, Sabin Martin, , Armand Mercier, Léona Queyrouze, and Charles Turpin. It published a magazine, ''Comptes-Rendus de l'Athénée Louisianais,'' and began an essay contest in 1878. It organized lectures by Eugène Brieux, Hughes Le Roux, Henri de Régnier, and , among others. Around 1913 the group operated from headquarters in the Hibernia Bank Building (New Orleans), Hibernia Bank Building on Gravier Street. As of 1929 it belonged to the Fédération de l'Alliance française. See also * Francophone literature * Literature of Louisiana * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francophone
French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the language of European diplomacy and international relations. According to the 2022 report of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), 409 million people speak French. The OIF states that despite a decline in the number of learners of French in Europe, the overall number of speakers is rising, largely because of its presence in African countries: of the 212 million who use French daily, 54.7% are living in Africa. The OIF figures have been contested as being inflated due to the methodology used and its overly broad definition of the word francophone. According to the authors of a 2017 book on the world distribution of the French language, a credible estimate of the number of "francophones réels" (real francophones), that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
