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Brigitte Kernel
Brigitte Kernel (born 1959) is a French literary journalist and writer. She lived in Nancy until she was 19 years old. She remains today in Paris. Life Brigitte Kernel was born in Rambervillers in the Vosges, in 1959. From childhood, she kept a diary. At 17, she sent her poems to the publisher Pierre Seghers. The latter gives her advice and encourages her in writing. The meetings have a great importance in the life of Kernel who was also advised by Simone Gallimard and Françoise Sagan with whom she was friends. Today, Kernel devotes herself exclusively to writing. After having been a journalist at the Matin de Paris and then director of the programs of José Artur Pop Club and ''Who do I have the honor ?'', she was producer-host of literary programs on France Inter, from 1990 to 2015. For twenty years, Kernel wrote the weekly serials ''Cadavre Exquis'' for her literary programs, part of which is published by Librio. She has also been a literary columnist in ''Place aux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy, France
Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis XV in 1766 and replaced by a Provinces of France, province, with Nancy maintained as capital. Following its rise to prominence in the Age of Enlightenment, it was nicknamed the "capital of Eastern France" in the late 19th century. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 511,257 inhabitants at the 2018 census, making it the 16th-largest functional area (France), functional urban area in France and Lorraine's largest. The population of the city of Nancy proper is 104,885. The motto of the city is , —a reference to the thistle, which is a symbol of Lorraine. Place Stanislas, a large square built between 1752 and 1756 by architect Emmanuel Héré under the direction of Stanislaus I of Poland to lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Foenkinos
David Foenkinos, born 28 October 1974 in Paris, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who studied both literature and music in Paris. His novel ''La délicatesse'' is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was released in December 2011, with Audrey Tautou as the main character. His novels have appeared in over forty languages,Frank Quilitzsch, Lesung aus ‘Zum Glück Pauline’ in Anwesenheit des Autors', Thüringische Landeszeitung, 13 September 2013. Accessed 15 July 2023. and in 2014 he was awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel ''Charlotte''. Biography Early years Growing up in a home with few books and often absent parents, David Foenkinos read and wrote little during his childhood. At 16, he required emergency surgery as a result of a rare pleural infection and spent several months recuperating in hospital, where he began to devour books, learning to paint and play the guitar. From this experience, he says, he kept a drive for life, a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2004. Events *January **The poet Jang Jin-sung, in trouble with the North Korean authorities, defects to South Korea. **The Richard & Judy Book Club is launched on UK daytime television. *February – Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghe's '' The Last Crossing'' to be read across the nation. *February 16 – Edwin Morgan becomes Scotland's first official national poet, the Scots Makar, appointed by the Scottish Parliament. * May 23 – Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas, opens to the public. *June 1 – Controversy surrounds '' Battle Royale'' by Koushun Takami (高見広春), when an 11-year-old fan of the story in Sasebo, Nagasaki, murders her classmate, 12-year-old Satomi Mitarai, in a way that mimics a scene from the story. *October 14 – Edinburgh becomes UNESCO's first City of Literature. * October 31 – Denoël in Paris publishes Irène Némirovsky's '' Suite français ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2003. Events *February 12 – An invitation from the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, for some poets to attend a conference at the White House is postponed when one of them, Sam Hamill, organizes a "Poets Against the War" group for poetry readings across the United States on the same date. *February 15 – Anti-war protests occur in London. They are later used as the setting for Ian McEwan's 2005 novel ''Saturday''. *March – The University of Mosul library is damaged and looted during the Iraq War, but many volumes are removed for protection by staff. *April 14 – The Iraq National Library and Archive is burned down during the Battle of Baghdad. *April – Nicholas Hytner succeeds Sir Trevor Nunn as artistic director of London's Royal National Theatre. * November 7 – UNESCO places among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ''wayang kulit'', a shadow pupp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2002. Events *March 16 – Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrest and jail the poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and dismiss a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem "The Corrupt on Earth", which criticizes the state's Islamic judiciary, accusing some judges of being corrupt and issuing unfair rulings for personal benefit. * March 31 – '' American Writers: A Journey Through History'' resumes its run on C-SPAN, having been interrupted by the September 11 attacks and their aftermath. *May – The results of a poll of 100 authors conducted in Norway are announced, leading to the Bokklubben World Library beginning publication. *October 16 – Bibliotheca Alexandrina (designed by Snøhetta) is inaugurated in Alexandria, Egypt. *November – Raymond Benson releases his final James Bond novel, based on the film ''Die Another Day'', bringing to a close an uninterrupted series of novels featuring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion () is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012. Subsidiaries include Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group. History Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the ''Treaty of Popular Astronomy'' of his brother, the astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2001. – Opening sentence, Ian McEwan, ''Atonement'' Events *February 15 – The author Michael Crichton signs a new deal with HarperCollins Publishers that reportedly earns him $40 million for two books. *April 1 – The BookCrossing scheme for leaving books for strangers to find is launched. * April 13 – The film version of Helen Fielding's 1996 novel ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' has uncredited cameo roles as themselves for Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and Jeffrey Archer, at a literary party. *July 19 – The English popular novelist and politician Jeffrey Archer, having been found guilty of perjury in a libel trial, is sentenced to imprisonment. *September 19 – Amiri Baraka reads his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?" at a poetry festival in New Jersey, eight days after the September 11 attacks. *December 10 – The live-action film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's '' The Lord of the Rings: The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1993. Events *September 24 – Former president and writer Zviad Gamsakhurdia returns to Georgia to establish a government in exile in the city of Zugdidi. *November 17 – Annie Proulx wins the National Book Award in the United States for her novel ''The Shipping News''. *''unknown dates'' **Indrani Aikath Gyaltsen's novel ''Cranes' Morning'' appears in India, but proves to be plagiarized from Elizabeth Goudge's ''The Rosemary Tree'' (1956); its author will commit suicide in 1994. **Professor Stephen Hawking's ''A Brief History of Time'' becomes the longest-running book on ''The Sunday Times'' UK bestseller list. **Reality television contest ''Million's Poet'' (شاعر المليون) is launched in the United Arab Emirates. **Todur Zanet's translation of Jean Racine's ''Bajazet (play), Bajazet'' is produced by Moldova 1, a seminal moment in the development of Gagauz-language theatre. **The Guodian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Guth
Paul Guth (5 March 1910 – 29 October 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the ''Académie des provinces françaises''. A novelist, essayist, columnist, memoirist, historian, pamphleteer, he distinguished himself in every genre with a combination of sensitivity and savagery. He wrote about fifty works on various subjects, ranging from straight history to personal anecdotes, never holding back in criticism of contemporary failings. Life Early years Paul Guth was born in Ossun on 5 March 1910 to a family of modest means. His parents used to live in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, but his mother, a '' bigourdane'', gave birth to him at her family's hometown of Ossun, in the canton of Hautes-Pyrénées. Guth began his education at Villeneuve-sur-Lot. He studied literature in Paris, where he passed his ''agrégation'' in 1933, and pursued an ordinary academic career until the Second World War. He was a teacher for ten years at schools in Dijon and Roue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Navarre
Yves Navarre (24 September 1940 – 24 January 1994) was a French writer. A gay man, most of his work concerned homosexuality and associated issues, such as AIDS. In his romantic works, Navarre was noted for his tendency to emphasize sensuality and "the mystical qualities of love" rather than sexuality or sensationalism. He was awarded the 1980 Prix Goncourt for his novel ''Le Jardin d'acclimatation''. Biography Born in Condom, he studied Spanish, English, and French literature at the University of Lille, earning degrees in 1961 and 1964. The following year, he studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord. He then worked for an ad agency as a creative writer. He began submitting works to publishers in 1958, although it was not until 1971 that his first novel, ''Lady Black'', was published. This was followed in 1973 by ''Les Loukoums'', which tells the story of a malady afflicting a group of New Yorkers. A string of novels followed, often – as in ''Le Petit Galop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve Dormann
Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre and moved to Paris (then known as Lutetia) after encountering Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes and dedicated herself to a Christian life.McNamara, Halborg, and Whatley 18. In 451 she led a "prayer marathon" that was said to have saved Paris by diverting Attila's Huns away from the city. When the Germanic king Childeric I besieged the city in 464, Genevieve acted as an intermediary between the city and its besiegers, collecting food and convincing Childeric to release his prisoners. Her following and her status as patron saint of Paris were promoted by Clotilde, who may have commissioned the writing of her ''vita''. This was most likely written in Tours, where Clotilde retired after her husband's death, as evidenced also by the importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Giraudeau
Bernard René Giraudeau (18 June 1947 – 17 July 2010) was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer. Early life He was born on 18 June 1947 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a trainee engineer, qualifying as the first in his class a year later. He served on the helicopter carrier ''Jeanne d'Arc'' in 1964–1965 and 1965–1966, and subsequently on the frigate '' Duquesne'' and the aircraft carrier '' Clemenceau'' before leaving the navy to try his luck as an actor. Career Giraudeau first appeared on film in '' Deux hommes dans la ville'' (1973), and his first film as director was in 1987, though he continued to work as an actor. As a writer, wrote the text of books of photography as well as publishing children's stories (''Contes d'Humahuaca'', 2002) and several novels. He was also the reader on the French audiobooks of the Harry Potter series. He has also created a recording of The Little Prince, a world ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
