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Karine Tuil
Karine Tuil (born 3 May 1972 in Paris) is a French novelist who has written several award-winning novels in French and English. Her works have themes ranging from marriage and Jewish identity to detention centers and corporate politics. Background Tuil was born in Paris on 3 May 1972. After obtaining her baccalaureate, she studied law, and received a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Communication Law at the University of Paris II (Panthéon Assas). Tuil was practicing as a lawyer but prepared a thesis she did not defend. She then decided to devote herself to writing. Career Tuil's first published novel, ''Pour le Pire'', was noticed by Jean-Marie Rouart. It was published in September 2000 by Plon publishing house. The novel describes the slow decomposition of a couple. Her second novel, ''Forbidden'', (Plon 2001) – a satirical account of the identity crisis of an old Jew – was selected for the prize Goncourt Prize and the Wizo Prize. It is translated in several langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karine Tuil En 2019
Karine is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include: *Karine Bakhoum, Egyptian American chef *Karine Baste (born 1982), French journalist and news presenter *Karine Beauchard (born 1978), French mathematician *Karine Berger (born 1973), French politician * Karine Ferri (born 1982), French television presenter and model *Karine Costa (born 1977), French singer *Karine Haaland (born 1966), Norwegian comic strip creator * Karine Icher (born 1979), French professional golfer *Karine Laurent Philippot (born 1974), French cross country skier * Karine Lebon (born 1985), French politician *Karine Legault (born 1978), retired Canadian female freestyle swimmer * Karine Polwart (born 1971), Scottish singer-songwriter * Karine Ruby (1978–2009), French snowboarder and Olympic champion * Karine Saporta (born 1950), French choreographer, dancer, photographer, and short film director * Karine Sergerie (born 1985), the 2007 world champion in women's 67 kg Taekwondo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Interallié
The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journalists who were having lunch at the ''cercle de l'Union interallié'' (Interallied Union Club), who were waiting for the winner of the prix Femina to be announced.Robichon, Jacques: ''Le Défi des Goncourt''. Paris: Denoël, 1975, p. 82-85. The jury is composed of ten journalists, and the previous year's winner. The prize is generally awarded sometime in early November, after the prix Goncourt. Deliberations now take place at the Parisian restaurant, '' Lasserre''. Although winning the Interallié usually helps a novel's sales, the prix Interallié is purely honorific An honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term "honorific" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University Alumni
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelligenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Women Novelists
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21st-century French Women Writers
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Writers From Paris
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Yvan Attal
Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan Sicard (1910–2000), French journalist and far right political activist *Yvan Attal (born 1965), Israeli-born French actor and director *Yvan Bernier (born 1960), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 *Yvan Blot (born 1948), French conservative political figure *Yvan Bordeleau (born 1942), the Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Quebec, Canada, for Acadie from 1989 to 2007 *Yvan Bourgis (born 1979), French football defender currently playing for Stade Brest 29 in the French Ligue 2 *Yvan Colonna, Corsican nationalist convicted of assassinating the prefect of Corsica, Claude Erignac on the February 6, 1998 *Yvan Cournoyer (born 1943), retired Canadian hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League *Yvan Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Accusation (2021 Film)
''The Accusation'' (french: Les Choses humaines, lit=Human Things) is a 2021 French courtroom drama film directed by Yvan Attal. The screenplay, written by Attal and Yaël Langmann, is an adaptation of Karine Tuil's 2019 novel of the same name. It had its world premiere on 9 September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, and was released in France by Gaumont Film Company on 1 December 2021. Plot Alexandre Farel is the son of the prominent television presenter Jean Farel. Claire, his mother, left Jean and lives with Adam Wizman, who is also separated from his Orthodox Jewish wife with whom he has a daughter, Mila. When Alexandre returns from finishing his studies in the United States, he accompanies his mother for an evening and meets Mila. Together they go to a party for former students of the Lycée Henri-IV. The next day, the police arrest Alexandre, who has been accused of rape by Mila. He denies the charge and argues that the act was consensual. The event se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Of Reinvention
''The Age of Reinvention'' is a stand-alone novel written by Karine Tuil. It was originally published as ''L'Invention de Nos Vies'' by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle on August 21, 2013, and was later translated to English by Sam Taylor on December 1, 2015. It is an international best seller and a finalist for the Prix Goncourt. The book consists of four parts and has a total of 76 chapters. The audio book is read by George Newbern. Plot On his eighteenth birthday, Samuel Baron finds out he is not who he thought he was. He is shocked to find that the people who raised him are not his real parents and that his real name is a variation of Christ's, a big surprise with his Jewish upbringing. This is a source of great emotional turmoil for Samuel. In his anger, he leaves his parents to attend college in France, where he meets his girlfriend Nina, a beautiful girl born to a broken military family. While at college, he and Nina meet the ambitious, seductive Sam Tahar—not to be confus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
