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Hussards (literary Movement)
The Hussards was a French literary movement in the 1950s which opposed Existentialism and the figure of the politically engaged intellectual as personified by Jean-Paul Sartre. Origins Its name was coined by the literary critic Bernard Frank, who grouped several figures under the ironic name of "''hussards''" (French for "hussars") in an article published in December 1952 in the journal ''Les Temps modernes'', titled ''"Grognards et hussards"'' ("Old Guards and Hussars"). Frank chose that name because of Roger Nimier's novel '' The Blue Hussar'' (''Le Hussard bleu''). Membership The Hussards were led by Jacques Chardonne and Paul Morand, and counted as core members Antoine Blondin, Michel Déon, Jacques Laurent and Roger Nimier. As in many literary or musical movements, the interested members rejected the label of "Hussards," Michel Déon (in ''Bagages pour Vancouver'') and Jacques Laurent (in ''Histoire égoïste'') denying the very existence of the literary movement. However, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Literature Of The 20th Century
20th-century French literature is literature written in French from 1900 to 1999. For literature made after 1999, see the article Contemporary French literature. Many of the developments in French literature in this period parallel changes in the visual arts. For more on this, see French art of the 20th century. Overview French literature was profoundly shaped by the historical events of the century and was also shaped by—and a contributor to—the century's political, philosophical, moral, and artistic crises. This period spans the last decades of the French Third Republic, Third Republic (1871–1940) (including World War I), the period of World War II (the German occupation and the Vichy–1944), the provisional French government (1944–1946) the French Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic (1946–1958) and the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic (1959-). Important historical events for French literature include: the Dreyfus Affair; French colonialism and imperialism in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Dormann
Geneviève Dormann (24 September 1933 – 13 February 2015) was a French journalist and novelist. The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in Paris. Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine ''Marie Claire'' and for the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. In 1957, she published her first book ''La Première pierre'', a collection of stories. She was awarded the Prix des Quatre-Jurys in 1971 for ''Je t'apporterai des orages'' and the Prix des Deux Magots for her 1974 novel ''Le Bateau du courrier''. In 1981, Dormann received the Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for her work. The following year, ''Le Roman de Sophie Trébuchet'', about Victor Hugo's mother, received the prix Kléber Haedens. In 1989, she was awarded the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for ''Le Bal du dodo''. Her 1999 novel ''Adieu, phénomène'' received the Prix Maurice Genevoix. She was one of the scriptwriters for the 1976 film ''Coup de Grâce (1976 film), Coup de Grâce''. The main ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Sept Couleurs (maison D'édition)
Les Sept Couleurs is a French publishing house of the extreme right founded by Maurice Bardèche in 1948. History The name of the company is reference to the work by Robert Brasillach, Les Sept couleurs, which was the first to be published by this SARL. One of the principal objectives of this publishing house was to give a voice to those authors banned by the CNE, and other nationalists who in turn, led to the foundation of '' Rivarol'' and the journal ''Défense de l'Occident''. Publications Les Sept Couleurs own the collections of a number of nationalist authors, former collaborators, negotiationists, etc. They have published authors such as François Duprat, Pierre Fontaine, Pierre Hofstetter, Pierre de Villemarest, Axel Nicol, Paul Rassinier and Pol Vandromme Pol Vandromme (12 March 1927 – 28 May 2009) was a Belgian literary critic and writer. Life and career Born in Gilly, near Charleroi, on 12 March 1927, Pol Vandromme emerged in the 1950s as a literary criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Temps Modernes (revue)
''Les Temps Modernes'' () was a French journal, founded by Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Its first issue was published in October 1945. It was named after the 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin. ''Les Temps Modernes'' filled the void left by the disappearance of the most important pre-war literary magazine, ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' (''The New French Review''), considered to be André Gide's magazine, which was shut down by the authorities after the liberation of France because of its collaboration with the occupation. ''Les Temps Modernes'' was first published by Gallimard and was last published by Gallimard. In between, the magazine changed hands three times: Julliard (January 1949 to September 1965), Presses d'aujourd'hui (October 1964 to March 1985), Gallimard (from April 1985). ''Les Temps Modernes'' ceased publication in 2019, after 74 years. Early history The first editorial board consisted of Sartre (director), Raymond Aron, Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Paulhan
Jean Paulhan (2 December 1884 – 9 October 1968) was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine ''Nouvelle Revue Française'' (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member (Seat 6, 1963–68) of the Académie française. He was born in Nîmes (Gard) and died in Paris. Biography Paulhan's father was the philosopher Frédéric Paulhan:11 and his mother was Jeanne Thérond. From 1908 to 1910 he worked as a teacher in Madagascar, and he later translated Malagasy poems, or Hainteny, into French.''Intellectuals in History: the Nouvelle Revue Française under Jean Paulhan, 1925-1940'' by Martyn Cornick.Rodopi, 1995 Paulhan's translations attracted the interest of Guillaume Apollinaire and Paul Éluard. He served as Jacques Rivière's secretary at the NRF, until 1925 when he succeeded him as the journal's editor.:13 In 1935 he, Henri Michaux, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Groethuysen and others launched a similar but more luxuriously-prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Giono
Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. First period Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent and his mother a laundry woman. He spent the majority of his life in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Forced by family needs to leave school at the age of sixteen and get a job in a bank, he nevertheless continued to read voraciously, in particular the great classic works of literature including the Bible, Homer's ''Iliad'', the works of Virgil, and the ''Tragiques'' of Agrippa d'Aubigné. He continued to work at the bank until he was called up for military service at the outbreak of World War I, and the horrors he experienced on the front lines turned him into an ardent and lifelong pacifist. In 1919, he returned to the bank, and a year later, married a childhood friend with whom he had two children. Following the success of his first pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Mauriac
François Charles Mauriac (, oc, Francés Carles Mauriac; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the'' Académie française'' (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the ''Légion d'honneur'' in 1958. He was a lifelong Catholic. Biography François Charles Mauriac was born in Bordeaux, France. He studied literature at the University of Bordeaux, graduating in 1905, after which he moved to Paris to prepare for postgraduate study at the École des Chartes. On 1 June 1933 he was elected a member of the ''Académie française'', succeeding Eugène Brieux. A former Action française supporter, he turned to the left during the Spanish Civil War, criticizing the Catholic Church for its support of Franco. After the fall of France to the Axis during the Second World War, he briefly supported the collaborationist régime of Marshal Pétain, but joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Laudenbach
Roland Laudenbach (20 October 1921 – 9 January 1991) was a French writer, editor, journalist, literary critic and scenarist. He had right-wing political beliefs aligned with the Action Française. After World War II he supported keeping Algeria part of France and saw the 1962 recognition of Algerian independence as a betrayal of the people by Christian and Socialist leaders. He edited or contributed to various literary and political magazines, wrote several novels, and wrote scripts and screenplays for numerous films. Career Early years (1921–39) Roland Laudenbach was born on 20 October 1921 in Paris. His family was Protestant. His parents were Henri Laudenbach (8 July 1895 – 7 February 1960) and Lucette Mirman (1 March 1893 – 31 December 1987). His paternal grandfather, Léon Mirman, was a friend of Charles Maurras of the Action Française. The actor Pierre Fresnay was his uncle. World War II (1939–45) Laudenbach was influenced by the Action Française, and was ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Table Ronde
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure 8'' (album) * ''L.A.'' (EP), by Teddy Thompson * ''L.A. (Light Album)'', a Beach Boys album * "L.A." (Neil Young song), 1973 * The La's, an English rock band * L.A. Reid, a prominent music producer * Yung L.A., a rapper * Lady A, an American country music trio * "L.A." (Amy Macdonald song), 2007 * "La", a song by Australian-Israeli singer-songwriter Old Man River Other media * l(a, a poem by E. E. Cummings * La (Tarzan), fictional queen of the lost city of Opar (Tarzan) * ''Lá'', later known as Lá Nua, an Irish language newspaper * La7, an Italian television channel * LucasArts, an American video game developer and publisher * Liber Annuus, academic journal Business, organizations, and government agencies * L.A. Screenings, a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Française
Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * ''Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film. Music * Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed * The Action, a 1960s band Albums * ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * ''Action Action Action'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967) * ''Action'' (Uppermost album) (2011) * ''Action'' (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST * ''Action'', a 1984 al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
