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Bernard Du Boucheron
Bernard du Boucheron (born 18 July 1928 in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...) is a French writer. Awards *2004 Grand Prix du roman de l' Académie française for his first novel ''Court Serpent'' ( Gallimard). *2010 Impac Dublin award Bibliography *''Court serpent'', Gallimard, 2004, **''The Voyage of the Short Serpent: a novel'', Translated Hester Velmans, Overlook Press, 2008, *''Un Roi, une princesse et une pieuvre'', (a king, a princess and an octopus.) Gallimard Jeunesse, 2005, *''Coup-de-Fouet'', (Whiplash) Gallimard, 2006. *''Chien des Os'', (Dog of the Bones) Gallimard, 2007. *''Vue Mer'', (Seaside View) Gallimard, 2009. *''Salaam la France'', Gallimard, 2010. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boucheron, Bernard du Living people 1928 births French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallimard Jeunesse
Gallimard Jeunesse is a French publisher of children's books. It is a subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard. It is the publisher of the French versions of '' Harry Potter'' by J.K. Rowling, the catalogue of Roald Dahl, ''The Little Prince'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ''Animorphs'' by Katherine Applegate, ''The English Roses'' and other books by Madonna, ''Winnie the Pooh'', and '' Pokémon''. Gallimard also publishes ''The Book of Time'' trilogy, by Guillaume Prévost (which includes ''The Book of Time'', '' The Gate of Days'' and ''The Circle of Gold''), and the birthplace of the encyclopaedic collection " Découvertes Gallimard". Games and gamebooks In the 1980s, they published most of the gamebooks in France, in the collection Folio Junior — ''Un livre dont ''vous'' êtes le héros'' (''a book in which ''you'' are the hero'', a reference to the caption of the covers of the ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks), including ''Fighting Fantasy'', ''Sorcery!'', '' Lone Wolf'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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