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James Grieve (Australian Translator)
James Grieve (14 November 1934 - 15 January 2020) was an Australian translator of French literature and an author. His translations have included scientific works, books for children and two volumes of Marcel Proust's ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' (ANU, 1982 and Penguin, London, 2002). Grieve's translated second part of Proust's 7-part ''Remembrance of Things Past'' is the first completely new English translation since the 1920s. There were six other translators working on the other parts, for this project by Penguin. Grieve's Penguin translation received positive review from Alain de Botton who remarked: "... if one ends up with a favourite f the 7 volumes(mine was James Grieve, who did Volume 2)." Grieve is also the author of the language study text ''Dictionary of Contemporary French Connectors'' (Routledge, London, 1996). Grieve's translations have been illustrated by Petr Herel (Uncollected Works Press) and Phil Day (Finlay Press). Grieve is the author of three published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel ''In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous English title translation of ''Remembrance of Things Past''), originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Background Proust was born on 10 July 1871 at the home of his great-uncle in the Paris Borough of Auteuil (the south-western sector of the then-rustic 16th arrondissement), two months after the Treaty of Frankfurt formally ended the Franco-Prussian War. His birth took place at the very beginning of the Third Republic, during the violence that surrounded the suppression of the Paris Commune, and his childhood corresponded with the consolidation of the Republic. Much of ''In Search of Lost Time'' concerns the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain De Botton
Alain de Botton (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and philosopher. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published ''Essays in Love'' (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include ''How Proust Can Change Your Life'' (1997), ''Status Anxiety'' (2004) and '' The Architecture of Happiness'' (2006). He co-founded The School of Life in 2008 and Living Architecture in 2009. In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for that work. Early life and family De Botton was born in Zürich, the son of Jacqueline (née Burgauer) and Gilbert de Botton. Gilbert was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but after being expelled under Nasser, he went to live and work in Switzerland, where he co-founded an investment firm, Global Asset Management; his family was estimated to have been worth £234 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Herel
Petr Herel (19th May 1943 - 2nd April 2022) was born in Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Prague College of the Visual Arts between 1957 and 1961. Later he studied the Prague Academy of Applied Arts where he received a Master of Arts. In 1971 he was awarded a scholarship by the French Government of Parts in 1971. In 1973 he moved to Australia. Herel is known for making, the not so easily distinguished, artist's books – "... an art form which he has pioneered in this country ustralia"; an art form where Herel "... embraces the figurative and the abstract, transcends fashion, yet occupies a place which is concentrated in the graphic mediums of drawing, printmaking, and the livre d'artiste." Artists Books The artist's book has allowed Herel to linger between the written word and the figurative image for more than three decades. In 1976 Franz Kempf remarked that Herel's images are " ... spontaneous in their conception, the final form crystallized in the intention to find har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finlay Press
Finlay Press is the name of an independent private press founded by Ingeborg Hansen and Phil Day (artist). It began production in Goulburn, NSW, Australia in 1997. In 2001 the press moved to Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, where it printed its final publication in 2009.Braidwood Times, 21 Sept 2006: 'Finlay Lloyd Publishers Launched'. http://www.braidwoodtimes.com.au/news/local/news/columns/finlay-lloyd-publishers-launched/662010.aspx Hansen and Day were graduates of thGraphic Investigation Workshop Australian National University, where they studied under Petr Herel and Peter Finlay. Herel, an advocate of the artist's book, Head lecturer of the Graphic Investigation Workshop, and founder of the Artist Book Studio, and Finlay, a compositor and printer by trade, both inspired Hansen and Day to continue making books after their graduation.Michael Agostino, The Australian National University School of Art: A history of the first 65 Years (Canberra, ANU, 2009), p. 243)Caren Floran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
