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Linda Coverdale
Linda Coverdale is a literary translator from French. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a Ph.D in French Literature. She has translated into English more than 60 works by such authors as Roland Barthes, Emmanuel Carrère, Patrick Chamoiseau, Maryse Condé, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean Echenoz, Annie Ernaux, Sébastien Japrisot, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Philippe Labro, Yann Queffélec, Jorge Semprún, Lyonel Trouillot, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Jean Hartzfeld, Sylvain Tesson and Marguerite Duras. Translations *''The Grain of the Voice'' by Roland Barthes (Hill & Wang, 1985) *''Once Upon A Time: Visions of Old Japan'' by Chantal Edel (The Friendly Press, 1986) *''The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood'' by Molyda Szymusiak (Hill & Wang, 1986) *''Sweet Death'' by Claude Tardat (The Overlook Press, 1987) *''The Wedding'' by Yann Queffélec (Macmillan, 1987) *''Mortal Embrace: Living With AIDS'' by Alain Emmanuel Dreuilhe (Hill & Wang, 1988) *''The Children of Segu'' by Maryse Condé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes (; ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture. His ideas explored a diverse range of fields and influenced the development of many schools of theory, including structuralism, anthropology, literary theory, and post-structuralism. Barthes is perhaps best known for his 1957 essay collection ''Mythologies'', which contained reflections on popular culture, and 1967 essay "The Death of the Author," which critiqued traditional approaches in literary criticism. During his academic career he was primarily associated with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and the Collège de France. Biography Early life Roland Barthes was born on 12 November 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy. His father, naval officer Louis Barthes, was killed in a battle during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Edel
Chantal () is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word ''cantal'', meaning "stone." It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal. It may also be spelled Chantel, Chantalle, Chantelle, Shantal, Shantel, or Shantelle usually in the USA. In Europe and Quebec, the name is generally pronounced as "Chantal". Chantal *Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgian film maker *Chantal Botts (born 1976), South African badminton player *Chantal Chamandy, Canadian singer *Chantal Chawaf (born 1943), French writer *Chantal Coché (1826 – 1891), Belgian industrialist *Chantal Claret (born 1982), American singer *Chantal Galladé (born 1972), Swiss politician *Chantal Garrigues (1944–2018), French actress *Chantal Goya (born 1942), French singer and actress * Chantal Grevers (born 1961), Dutch cricketer *Chantal Groot (born 1982), Dutch swimmer *Chantal Joffe (born 1969), English painter *Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latifa (Afghan Author)
Latifa or Lateefa is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle", "nice" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif. Notable persons Lateefa(h) * Lateefa Al Gaood, Bahraini politician * Lateefah Simon, American activist Latifa * Latifa (singer), or Latifa Arfaoui, Tunisian pop music singer * Princess Fawzia-Latifa of Egypt, Egyptian princess * Latifa Baka, Moroccan author * Latifa Elouadrhiri, Moroccan physicist * Lalla Latifa Hammou, widow of king Hassan II * Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, UAE princess * Latifa Ben Mansour, Algerian writer and linguist * Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa bint Fahd Al Saud, Saudi royal * Latifa al-Zayyat, Egyptian activist and writer Latifah * Queen Latifah, American rapper, singer, and actress Sufi psychology * Lataif-e-Sitta, special perception organs in Sufi spiritual psychology, for example Latifa Qalabiya See also * Latife Latife is a Turkish feminine given name derived from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lila Says (novel)
Lila Says (French title: ''Lila dit ça'') was first published in 1996 in French and translated in Greek in 1997 and in English in 1999. The author's name is only listed as a pseudonym, Chimo. It was adapted into a film. Plot summary ''Lila Says'' is a narrative of the protagonist's — Chimo, an Arab boy living in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... — interactions with a girl named Lila. Lila is 16 and lives with her catholic aunt; Chimo is 19 and lives with his mother, who works as a cleaner, and sister. Both live in an low income housing estate of tower blocks called Oak Tree estate. Lila is very beautiful and does – according to Chimo – not really fit in, because she is special in all regards. He is, like anyone else who knows her, fascinated and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Confiant
Raphaël Confiant (born January 25, 1951) is a Martinican writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature. Life and career Raphaël Confiant was born in Le Lorrain, Martinique. He studied English and political science at the Sciences Po Aix and law at Paul Cézanne University in Aix-en-Provence, France. During the 1970s, Confiant became a militant proponent of use of the Creole language and later worked with Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau to create the movement. The three authors co-authored in 1989 the seminal text of the movement, (), in addition to other theoretical texts. The movement is often characterized as a reaction to the movement, which emphasized the African origins of the Antillean people. The movement, on the other hand, emphasizes the diversity of Antillean ancestry and cultural heritage, which includes Chinese, Indian, and European influences, among others. The movement seeks to understand the diverse identities and histories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élisabeth Gille
Élisabeth Gille (20 March 1937 in Paris – 30 September 1996) was a French translator and writer. She is the younger daughter of the French-Russian-Jewish writer Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist of Russian Jewish origin who was born in Kyiv, the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France, and wrote in French, but was denied French citizenship. Arr ... and Michel Epstein. She is the author of ''Le Mirador'', a biography of her mother. 1937 births 1996 deaths 20th-century French women writers 20th-century French writers French publishers (people) 20th-century French translators {{France-translator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Volodine
Antoine Volodine (born 1950) is the pseudonym of a Russian-French writer. He initially was interested in the original Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires. His works often involve cataclysms and have scenes of interrogations. He won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1987. ''Des anges mineurs'' (trans. ''Minor Angels''), one of his best-known works, won the Prix du Livre Inter and Prix Wepler in 2000. He won the Prix Médicis in 2014 for his latest novel, ''Terminus radieux''. Volodine writes under multiple heteronyms, including Lutz Bassmann, Manuela Draeger, and Elli Kronauer. He has also translated literary works from Russian into French, including such authors as Eduard Limonov, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Viktoriya Tokareva, Alexander Ikonnikov, and Maria Sudayeva (who may be another pseudonym of Volodine's). Bibliography In English As Antoine Volodine Solo Viola(translated bLia Swope Mitchell * ''Naming the Jungle'' (translated by Linda Coverdale) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hector Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti (; 18 March 1930 – 12 June 2012) was an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française. Biography Born Héctor Bianciotti (, ) in Calchín Oeste in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the language of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in France in 1961 and completed his French naturalization in 1981. In 1982, he stopped writing in any language but French, his favorite. Bianciotti was elected to the Académie française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard. He died on 12 June 2012. Honours and awards *Officer of the Légion d'honneur (''Legion of Honour'') *Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (''National Order of Merit'') *Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Bontempelli
Bruno may refer to: People and fictional characters *Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname * Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880) * Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, Duke of Lotharingia and saint * Bruno (bishop of Verden) (920–976), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Gregory V (c. 972–999), born Bruno of Carinthia * Bruno of Querfurt (c. 974–1009), Christian missionary bishop, martyr and saint * Bruno of Augsburg (c. 992–1029), Bishop of Augsburg * Bruno (bishop of Würzburg) (1005–1045), German Roman Catholic bishop * Pope Leo IX (1002–1054), born Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg * Bruno II (1024–1057), Frisian count or margrave * Bruno the Saxon (fl. 2nd half of the 11th century), historian * Saint Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians * Bruno (bishop of Segni) (c. 1045–1123), Italian Roman Catholic bishop and saint * Bruno (archbishop of Trier) (died 1124), German Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Manea
Norman Manea (; born July 19, 1936), is a Romanian Jewish writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile. He lives in the United States, where he is a Professor and writer in residence at Bard College. He left Romania in 1986 with a DAAD-Berlin Grant and in 1988 went to the US with a Fulbright Scholarship at the Catholic University in Washington DC. He won the 2002 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Manea's most acclaimed book, '' The Hooligan's Return'' (2003), is an original fictionalized memoir, encompassing a period of almost 80 years, from the pre-war period, through the Second World War, the communist and post-communist years to the present. Manea has been known and praised as an internationally important writer since the early 1990s, and his works have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has received more than 20 awards and honors. Early years Born to Jewish parents in the neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Guibert
Hervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to HIV/AIDS. He was a close friend of Michel Foucault. Early life and career Guibert was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, to a middle-class family and spent his early years in Paris, moving to La Rochelle from 1970 to 1973. After working as a filmmaker and actor, he turned to photography and journalism. In 1978, he successfully applied for a job at France's evening paper ''Le Monde'' and published his second book, ''Les Aventures singulières'' (published by Éditions de Minuit). In 1984, Guibert shared a César Award for best screenplay with Patrice Chéreau for '' L'homme blessé''. Guibert had met Chéreau in the 1970s during his theatrical years. He won a scholarship between 1987 and 1989 at Villa Medicis in Rome with his friend, writer Mathieu L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustapha Tlili
Mustapha Tlili (Tunisian Arabic: مصطفى التليلي; born 17 October 1937 – 20 October 2017) was a Tunisian novelist. Born in Fériana, Tunisia, Mustapha Tlili was educated at the Sorbonne and in the United States. He worked at the United Nations from 1967 to 1982. Tlili died on 20 October 2017, aged 80. Works * ''La rage aux tripes'' isceral Anger 1975 * ''Le bruit dort'' he Noise Sleeps 1978 * ''Gloire des sables'' lory of the Sands 1982 * (ed. with Jacques Derrida) ''For Nelson Mandela'', New York: Seaver Books, 1987 * ''La montagne du lion'' ion Mountain Paris: Gallimard, 1988. Translated by Linda Coverdale Linda Coverdale is a literary translator from French. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has a Ph.D in French Literature. She has translated into English more than 60 works by such authors as Roland Barthes, Emmanuel Carrère, Patrick Chamoiseau, ... as ''Lion Mountain'', New York: Arcade Pub., 1990. References 1937 births 2017 deaths Tunisian novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |