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Henry Malherbe Prize
The Henry Malherbe Prize is a French literary award created in 1953 by the . Named for Henry Malherbe, who received the Prix Goncourt in 1917, it is awarded every year for an essay. List of winners *1963 - Bernard Gavoty *1964 - Jean Toulat *1965 - André Jean Ducasse *1966 - René-Gustave Nobécourt *1967 - André Latreille *1968 - André Brissaud *1969 - Janine Weill *1970 - Louise Weiss *1971 - Christian Bernadac *1972 - Raymond Leopold Bruckberger *1973 - Pierre Billotte *1974 - Alain Griotteray *1975 - Georges Poisson *1976 - Michel Droit *1977 - Pierre-Paul Grasse *1978 - Jean-Émile Charon *1979 - André Piettre *1980 - Suzanne Labin *1981 - André Gillois *1982 - Frédérique Hébrard *1983 - Jacques Bloch-Morange *1984 - Yves Coppens *1985 - Jean Hamburger *1986 - Jean-André Renoux *1987 - Bernard Destremau and Albert Chambon *1988 - Claude des Presles *1989 - Pierre Deniker *1990 - Anne Muratori-Philip *1991 - Jean-Jacques Antier *1992 - Bernard Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded 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 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), the Camões Prize (Portuguese), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Émile Charon
Jean-Émile Charon (; 25 February 1920, in Paris – June 1998, in Paris) was a French nuclear physicist, philosopher and writer. He was the author of over 20 books on physics, scientific philosophy, and computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli .... He conducted nuclear research at France's Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (Atomic Energy Authority). Selected writings * Charon, J-E. ''Theorie de la Relativité Complexe''. Paris: Albin Michel, 1977. ** Translated title: ''Complex Relativity: Unifying All Four Physical Interactions'', Paragon House Publishing, 1988. * Charon, J-E. ''L'Esprit, cet Inconnu''. Paris: Albin Michel, 1977. ** Translated title: ''The Spirit: That Stranger Inside Us'', Infinity Publishing, 2004. ** 1st Translation: ''The Unknown Spiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Debré
Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962. In terms of political personality, Debré was intense and immovable and had a tendency to rhetorical extremism. Early life Debré was born in Paris, the son of Jeanne-Marguerite (Debat-Ponsan) and Robert Debré, a well-known professor of medicine, who is today considered by many to be the founder of modern pediatrics. His maternal grandfather was academic painter Édouard Debat-Ponsan. Debré's father was Jewish, and his grandfather was a rabbi. Debré himself was Roman Catholic. He studied at the Lycée Montaigne and then at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, obtained a diploma from the École Libre des Sciences Politiques, and a PhD in Law from the University of Paris. He then became a Professor of Law at the University of Paris. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Jacques Chaban-Delmas (; 7 March 1915 – 10 November 2000) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde ''département'' between 1946 and 1997. Biography Jacques Chaban-Delmas was born Jacques Michel Pierre Delmas in Paris. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, before attending the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (''"Sciences Po"''). In the resistance underground, his final nom de guerre was ''Chaban''; after World War II, he formally changed his name to ''Chaban-Delmas''. As a general of brigade in the resistance, he took part in the Parisian insurrection of August 1944, with general de Gaulle. He was the youngest French general since François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, during the First French Empire. A member of the Radical Party, he finally joined the Gaullist Rally of the French People (RPF), which opposed the Fourth R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Jacques Antier
Jean-Jacques Louis Antier (6 October 1928 – 1 January 2023) was a French journalist. He worked in for various publications such as ''Paris Normandie'' and ''Cols bleus''. Antier authored a number of books on naval and maritime History. He also published a number of biographies, novels and spirituality books under the pseudonym Jean-Jacques. Antier died in Tunisia on 1 January 2023, at the age of 94. Works Maritime History * ''L'Amiral de Grasse'' : Plon, 1965 * ''Grandes heures de la marine'' : Waleffe, 1967 * ''Les Porte-avions et la Maîtrise des mers'' : Éditions Robert Laffont, 1967 * ''Histoire mondiale des sous-marins'' : Éditions Robert Laffont, 1968 * ''Histoire maritime de la première guerre mondiale'' : Éditions France-Empire, 1992 * ''Marins de Provence et du Languedoc'' : Aubanel, 1977 * ''Les Sous-mariniers'' : Grancher, 1977 * ''Les Sous-mariniers des temps héroïques'' : Idégraph Genève, 1980 * ''Les Combattants de la guerre maritime 1914-1918'' : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Deniker
Pierre Deniker (16 February 1917, in Paris – 17 August 1998) was involved, jointly with Jean Delay and J. M. Harl, in the introduction of chlorpromazine (Thorazine), the first antipsychotic used in the treatment of schizophrenia, in the 1950s.Kandel, E. R. (2007). ''In Search of Memory. The Emergence of a New Science of Mind.'' W. W. Norton & Co. See alsA review in Spanish about Kandel's book/ref> Thorazine had been used in surgical procedures peri-operatively as an anti-nausea medication in France. Patients were noted to be less anxious and calmer. This observation eventually led Deniker to try chlorpromazine with patients who had schizophrenia, where he observed notable improvement in symptoms. The pharmaceutical company Smith-Kline had purchased the chlorpromazine rights from Rhone-Poulenc in France and had been marketing it as an anti-nausea medication. After Deniker's observations, they sought and received FDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Chambon
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Destremau
Bernard Destremau (; 11 February 1917 – 6 June 2002) was a French tennis player, tank officer, diplomat and politician. Biography Born in Paris into a military family, the third son of a WW I cavalry general, his success in accommodating competitive tennis with academic, military, diplomatic and political pursuits is distinctive. A precocious French junior tennis champion in the mid-1930s, Destremau reached the singles semifinals at Roland Garros in 1937 (losing to winner Henner Henkel) and the quarterfinals in 1936 and 1938 before winning the 1938 French Championships doubles (with Yvon Petra, beating Don Budge-Gene Mako). During those years he graduated from HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales). Destremau also won the 1941 and the 1942 Tournoi de France which in war-time was not counted as a grand slam event and later, won several national titles including the 1951 and 1953 French National singles championships. He remained an amateur, devoted his tennis mostly to the Davis Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Hamburger
Jean Hamburger (15 July 1909 – 1 February 1992) was a French physician, surgeon and essayist. He is particularly known for his contribution to nephrology, and for having performed the first renal transplantation in France in 1952. Biography Hamburger was born to a Jewish family in Paris. Together with René Kuss, Hamburger defined the precise methods and rules for conducting renal transplantation surgery and is attributed with founding the medical discipline of nephrology. In 1952, at Necker Hospital in Paris, he performed the first successful renal transplant surgery in France, on a 16-year-old carpenter, Marius Renard who damaged his only kidney when he fell off scaffolding, using a kidney donated by the subject's mother. The organ failed, but the rejection was staved off for three weeks, a record at the time. In 1955, he created the very first artificial kidney. Hamburger is credited with major breakthroughs in renal transplants: first prolonged success in 1953, first unqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis. Scientific work He was Professor at the College de France, which is considered to be France's most prestigious research establishment. Richard Dawkins makes the following observation in ''The Ancestor's Tale'': "Incidentally, I don't know what to make of the fact that in his native France, Yves Coppens is widely cited as the discoverer of Lucy, even as the 'father' of Lucy. In the English-speaking world, this important discovery is universally attributed to Donald Johanson". This confusion is because Coppens was the former director of the Hadar expedition. Donald Johanson, who led the 1974 expedition, was the one who found Lucy. The "Rift Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bloch-Morange
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Origins The origin of this surname ultimately originates from the Latin, Jacobus which belongs to an unknown progenitor. Jacobus comes from the Hebrew name, Yaakov, which translates as "one who follows" or "to follow after". Ancient history A French knight returning from the Crusades in the Holy Lands probably adopted the surname from "Saint Jacques" (or " James the Greater"). James the Greater was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, and is believed to be the first martyred apostle. Being endowed with this surname was an honor at the time and it is likely that the Church allowed it because of acts during the Crusades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédérique Hébrard
Frédérique Hébrard (7 June 1927 – 7 September 2023) was a French screenwriter and actress. She was born Frédérique Chamson. Her parents were academician André Chamson and Lucie Mazauric, both historians and museum curators. In the film The Hitler Museum, she recounts the transfer of The Mona Lisa from the Louvre Museum to the Château de Chambord in 1940 supervised by her father. She studied at the Henri-IV high school in Paris then in the high schools of Versailles, Nîmes and Montauban. She then entered the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris (class of 1949), where her fellow student was Jean Le Poulain. She took a pseudonym using the last name of her maternal grandmother, Jeannette Hébrard. She began at the Comédie-Française in 1949 in Jeanne la Folle under the direction of Jean Meyer. She died on 7 September 2023, at the age of 96. Filmography As an actress * 1950: '' Le Crime des justes'' de Jean Gehret : Jeannette * 1951: ''Un grand patron'' d' Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
