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Grand Prix Jean Giono
The Grand prix Jean Giono () is a French literary prize. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer Jean Giono. Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize (Grand prix Jean Giono) and the Jury Prize (Prix du Jury). The winner of the Grand prix Jean Giono receives 10,000 euros. Grand prix Jean Giono Given to a French-language author who has "defended or illustrated the novel's case". * 1990: Yves Beauchemin for ''Juliette Permerleau'' (de Fallois) * 1991: Michel Calonne for ''Les Enfances'' () * 1992: François Nourissier for ''Gardien des ruines'' (Éditions Grasset) * 1993: Félicien Marceau for ''La Terrasse de Lucrezia'' (Éditions Gallimard) * 1994: Jacques Laurent for ''L'Inconnu du temps qui passe'' (Grasset) * 1995: Vladimir Volkoff for ''Le Grand Tsar blanc'' (de Fallois) * 1996: Michel Déon for ''The Great and the Good'' (''La Cour des grands'') (Gallimard) * 1997: J. M. G. Le Clézio for '' Poisson d' ... [...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] |
éditions Du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' (threshold) is the whole excitement of parting and arriving. It is also the brand new threshold that we refashion at the door of the Church to allow entry to many whose foot gropes around it" (Jean Plaquevent, letter dated 28 December 1934). Description Éditions du Seuil was the publisher of the ''Don Camillo'' series, and of Chairman Mao Zedong's ''Little Red Book''. The large sales that these generated have allowed the house to publish more specialized titles, particularly in the social sciences. Seuil is widely respected in the publishing world, maintaining good relations with its authors. Seuil has published works by Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes and Philippe Sollers (in his first period), and later by Edgar Morin, Maurice Genevo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prince's Act
''The Prince's Act'' (french: Le Fait du prince) is the 17th novel by Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2008 published by Éditions Albin Michel Éditions Albin Michel is a French publisher. In January 2022, the new director is Anna Pavlowitch, the daughter of Paul Pavlowitch, Romain Gary and Jean Seberg's nephew. History It was founded in 1900 by Albin Michel. They published, first, Ro .... Plot A man steals an unknown person's identity. «There is a moment, between fifteenth and sixteenth sip of champagne, where every man is an aristocrat». References 2008 Belgian novels Novels by Amélie Nothomb Éditions Albin Michel books {{2000s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amélie Nothomb
Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditions of 1979, 1995 and 2010. Her birth is announced in n° 87, aout 1967, p. 340 of the ''Bulletin de l'association de la noblesse du royaume de Belgique'', publication trimestrielle : Annonces de naissance : "''Baron et Baronne Patrick Nothomb : Fabienne, 13 août 1967''". is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia. A prolific author, since the publication of her first novel '' Hygiene and the Assassin'' in 1992, at the age of twenty-six, she has published a book a year. Her novels are among the top literary sales and have been translated into several languages. She is a Commander of the Order of the Crown and has had the title of Baroness bestowed upon her by King Philippe of Belgium. Her satirical novel about corporate life in Japan ''Fear and Trembling'' won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Chessex
Jacques Chessex ( Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter. Biography Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied at Collège Saint-Michel in Fribourg, before undertaking literature studies in Lausanne. In 1953, he co-founded the literary review ''Pays du Lac'' in Pully. In 1956, Chessex's father committed suicide, making a lasting impression on him. He completed his studies in 1960. In 1963, Chessex was awarded the Schiller Prize for ''La Tête ouverte''. The next year, he co-founded the literary review ''Écriture'' in Lausanne. From 1969, he held a position as a French literature professor in the Gymnase de la Cité in Lausanne. In 1972, he was awarded the Alpes-Jura prize. The next year, he obtained the Prix Goncourt for the novel ''L'Ogre''. It was translated by Martin Sokolinsky and published in 1975 under the title ''A Father's Love'' and reissued in 2012 under a new title ''The Tyrant''. In 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Amalia (novel)
''Villa Amalia'' is a novel by the French author Pascal Quignard. It was first published in 2006 by Gallimard, and has appeared in their "folio" series as no. 4588. , it has been translated into Russian. Plot The middle-aged composer Ann Hidden has traced her partner of many years, Thomas, to the house where he is conducting an affair with a younger woman. At the scene she meets, for the first time since their adolescence, an old school friend from her childhood in Brittany, Georges Roehl. She takes the decision to end her former life, and in the space of a few months she leaves her part-time job as a music editor, ends her relationship with Thomas, visits her mother (from whom she is estranged) in Brittany but is not reconciled to her, sells the house in Paris that she has shared with Thomas, and asks Georges to create a place where she can live and compose in the grounds of his house near Sens in Burgundy, and leads him to believe that she will live there. Georges is eager t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal Quignard
Pascal Quignard (; born 23 April 1948) is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 2002 his novel ''Les Ombres errantes'' won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize. ''Terrasse à Rome'' (Terrasse in Rome), received the French Academy prize in 2000. In 1980 ''Carus'' had been awarded the "Prix des Critiques". Among Quignard's most commented-upon works are his eighty-four "Little Treatises", first published in 1991 by Maeght. But his most popular book is probably '' Tous les matins du monde'' (''All the Mornings in the World''), about 17th-century viola de gamba player Marin Marais and his teacher, Sainte-Colombe, which was adapted for the screen in 1991, by director Alain Corneau. Quignard wrote the screenplay of the film, in collaboration with Corneau. '' Tous les matins du monde'', starring Jean-Pierre Marielle, Gérard Depardieu and son Guillaume Depardieu, was a tremendous success in France and sold 2 million tickets in the first year. It was subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danièle Sallenave
Danièle Sallenave (born 28 October 1940) is a French novelist and journalist. In April 2011, she became a member of the Académie française. In 1980 Sallenave received the Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the ... for her novel ''Les Portes de Gubbio''. Works *''Un printemps froid: récits'', P.O.L., 1983, *''Phantom life'', Pantheon Books, 1989, *''À quoi sert la littérature ?'', Editions Textuel, 1997, *''L'Amazone du grand Dieu'', Bayard, 1997, *''Castor de guerre'', Gallimard, 2008, Critical works * Jacques Le Martinel (ed.), ''Danièle Sallenave: Visages d'une oeuvre'', Angers University Press, 2000. * Bruno Thibault, ''Danièle Sallenave et le don des morts'', Amsterdam/New York, Editions Rodopi, 2004. * Bruno Thibault (ed.), ''Danièle ... [...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] |
Robert Merle
Robert Merle (; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Early life Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was killed in 1916 in the Dardanelles. Young Merle and his mother moved to Paris, where he attended three lycées and the Sorbonne. Career Academia and World War II Merle was professor of English Literature at several universities until the outbreak of the second world war in 1939. During World War II Merle was conscripted in the French army and assigned as an interpreter to the British Expeditionary Force. In 1940 he was in the Dunkirk evacuation on the beach of Zuydcoote — which he called a "blind and abominable lottery" — and was captured by the Germans. Merle was taken prisoner to Stalag VID at Dortmund, and escaped, but was recaptured at Belgian customs. He was repatriated in July 1943, and after the war was awarded the Croix du Combatta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actes Sud
Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. History ACTeS was situated in Paradou, a village in the Vallée des Baux. Here, founder Hubert Nyssen, his wife Christine Le Bœuf, (which was the granddaughter of Belgian banker and patron Henry Le Bœuf), his sister Françoise Nyssen, Bertrand Py and Jean-Paul Capitani met and founded Actes Sud. In 1983 Actes Sud moved to Arles. The publishing house was incorporated on May 2, 1987. The ''Actes Sud'' was a publication of the "Atelier de cartographie thématique et statistique" (ACTeS). Authors A selection of authors Actes Sud published: Prizes * 2004: the book '' The Scortas' Sun'' (''Le Soleil des Scorta'') by Laurent Gaudé, was the first book published by Actes Sud, receiving a Prix Goncourt (Prix Goncourt/Roman). The boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Rezvani
Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is a French painter, engraver, writer (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary") He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak. Life Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father, Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900–1962), and a Jewish mother who had immigrated from Russia. His mother moved with him to France when he was age seven and spoke only Russian. He attended a boarding school for Russian immigrants, where he learned French.Alexie Lorca''Serge Rezvani or nostalgia for the present'' '' L'Express'', 1 June 2004 Rezvani has written more than 40 novels, 15 plays and two collections of poetry. He is the author of more than 150 songs, including the famous ', sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film ''Jules and Jim'', as well as ', also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian). Rezvani also wrote two songs for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
