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Grand Prix Catholique De Littérature
The grand prix catholique de littérature is a French literary prize awarded by the Association des écrivains catholiques de langue française (established in 1886). History Established in 1945 (prix du Renouveau français) under the impulse of Catholic writers including Jacques Maritain and , it is also called, by abuse of language, "grand prix des écrivains catholiques". Usually awarded in spring, its amount is variable. After three years of interruption, it has been awarded again since 2000. The grand prix catholique de littérature, awarded by a jury composed of writers, should not be confused with the , which is awarded by religious booksellers. List of laureates * 1951: Claude Longhy for ''La Mesure du monde'' * 1952: Georges Bordonove for ''La Caste'' * 1953: Gilbert Tournier for ''Rhône, dieu conquis'' * 1954: Camille Bourniquel for ''Retour à Cirgue'' * 1955: Paul-André Lesort for ''Le vent souffle où il veut'' * 1956: Yvonne Chauffin for ''Les Rambourt'' and Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Prize
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a Sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renée Massip
Renée Massip, (31 Mars 1907 - 21 March 2002) was a French writer and journalist. She was the winner of the 1963 Prix Interallié and member of the jury of the Prix Femina. Early life and education Massip (née Renée Castaing) was born in south-western France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Her parents were school principals. Her home town was Arette. She attended the École Normale in Pau, studying history and literature. Career Massip married the French journalist Roger Massip, and from 1931 to 1937, followed her husband who was then a French newspaper correspondent in Romania and Poland. In 1939, she became a journalist, and joined the desk of Havas, a French news and advertising agency. She lived in Lyon during World War II. Massip worked for the French newspapers ''France-Soir'' and the literary section of ''Le Figaro''. She was a permanent member of the French literary prize Prix Femina committee from 1972 to 1996. Massip has written a dozen books, including ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Chabanis
Christian Chabanis (9 August 1936 – 25 April 1989) was a French writer, philosopher and journalist. Biography A journalist, essayist and novelist, he was also the author of numerous books on fundamental reflections and surveys on the place of faith and the Catholic Church in the modern world and also on death and childhood. He was awarded the Grand prix catholique de littérature in 1985. He created the series "Verse et controverse" at éditions Beauchesne. He rests in the cemetery of Théoule-sur-Mer. Bibliography Works *1964: ''Jeanne de Flandreysy ou la passion de la gloire'' *1967: ''Les jeunes d'aujourd'hui : découverte de soi-enseignement'', Jean Camp, Christian Chabanis, Éditions du Centurion *1967: '' Gustave Thibon témoin de la lumière'',*1975: ''Entretiens'', Gustave Thibon, éditions Fayard *1977: ''Bâtisseur de cathédrales'', éditions S.O.S. *1979: ''Dieu existe ? Oui'', interviews with Jacques Delors, Françoise Dolto, Robert Hossein, Joseph Fontanet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Pierrard
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Séverin
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Robert Armogathe
Jean-Robert is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Robert Argand (1768–1822), French gifted amateur mathematician * Jean-Robert Bellande (born 1970), American nightclub owner, promoter and poker player * Jean-Robert Gauthier (1929–2009), Canadian politician * Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy ( – ), a figurative French sculptor, was born "Jean Robert" in Dun-sur-Meuse. His artwork had a distinct style, combining abstract elements with the human figure, often in the écorché style of French anatomist ... (1920–2006), French sculptor {{given name French masculine given names Compound given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Schumann
Maurice Schumann (; 10 April 1911 – 9 February 1998) was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou from 22 June 1969 to 15 March 1973. Schumann was a member of the Christian democratic Popular Republican Movement. The son of an Alsatian Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother, he studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and the Lycée Henri-IV. He converted to his mother's faith in 1937. He once said of France's fate when suffering the Allied bombing raids, '....and now we are reduced to the most atrocious fate: to be killed without killing back, to be killed by friends without being able to kill our enemies'. During the Second World War he broadcast news reports and commentaries into France on the BBC French Service some 1,000 times in programs such as ''Honneur et Patrie''. He was called by some the "voice of France". During a meeting of the foreign ministers of the European Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Delumeau
Jean Léon Marie Delumeau (18 June 1923 – 13 January 2020) was a French historian specializing in the history of the Catholic Church, and author of several books regarding the subject. He held the Chair of the History of Religious Mentalities (1975–1994) at the Collège de France (former emeritus professor) and was a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Life and career Jean Léon Marie Delumeau was born in Nantes on 18 June 1923 and obtained his early education in several Catholic boarding schools. In 1943 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and he later studied at the École Française de Rome, where Fernand Braudel was one of his mentors. He taught history at École Polytechnique, University of Rennes 2, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He was director of the Armorican Center for Historical Research (1964–1970), director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études (1963–1975) and at School for Advanced Studies in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Bourbon Busset
Jacques de Bourbon, Count de Busset (27 April 1912, Paris – 7 May 2001, Paris) was a French novelist, essayist and politician. He was elected to the Académie française on 4 June 1981. He was a senior member of the House of Bourbon-Busset. Bibliography *1946 ''Le Sel de la terre'' (under the pseudonym Vincent Laborde) (Gallimard) *1956 ''Antoine, mon frère'' (Gallimard) *1957 ''Le Silence et la Joie'' (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 ...) (Gallimard) *1957 ''L’Encyclopédie française, tome XI : La vie internationale'' (in collaboration) *1958 ''Le remords est un luxe'' (Gallimard) *1959 ''Mazarin, en collaboration'' (Hachette) *1959 ''Fugue à deux voix'' (Gallimard) *1959 ''Moi, César'' (Gallimard) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (born 8 December 1941, Jadotville, Belgian Congo) is a Congolese philosopher, professor, and author of poems, novels, as well as books and articles on African culture and intellectual history. Mudimbe is Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of Romance Studies and professor of comparative literature at Duke University and ''maître de conferences'' at the ''École des hautes études en sciences sociales'' in Paris. Early life and career He was born in the Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a young man, he joined a monastery, but left in 1962 in order to study the forces that shaped African history. He studied in Louvain (PhD, 1970), came back to Congo and flew to the United States in 1979 for political reasons. He has taught at Haverford College and Stanford University, and is now Professor Emeritus in the Program in Literature at Duke University. His work has had a major impact on many disciplines including African studies, Philosophy, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Varillon
François Varillon (1905–1978) was a French Jesuit and theologian. He was also a writer of some significance. He entered the Society of Jesus, as a novitiate, at 22 and was ordained in 1937. He won the Grand prix catholique de littérature The grand prix catholique de littérature is a French literary prize awarded by the Association des écrivains catholiques de langue française (established in 1886). History Established in 1945 (prix du Renouveau français) under the impulse of ... in 1974 for ''L’humilité de Dieu''. 1905 births 1978 deaths 20th-century French Jesuits 20th-century French Catholic theologians French Roman Catholic writers {{France-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice De La Tour Du Pin
Patrice de La Tour du Pin (16 March 1911, Paris – 28 October 1975, ibid) was a French writer and poet. He was the winner of the Grand prix catholique de littérature in 1971 for ''Une Lutte pour la vie''. on ''''. Works * "D'un aventurier". Poème, dans la revue ''Mirages'', Tunis. 1934. * ''L'Enfer''. Tunis, ''Cahiers de Barbarie'', n° 7, 1ère série, 1935, 80p. Reprint with lithographs by , Paris, Éditions de Cluny, 1949 * ''Le Lucernaire''. Tunis, ''Cahiers de Barbarie'', n° 13, 2ème série, 193 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |