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Orlando (given Name)
Orlando is a masculine given name, originally an Italian form of the given name Roland (name), Roland. Notable people with the name include A *Orlando Ramón Agosti (1924–1997), Argentinian general *Orlando Allen (1803–1874), American politician *Orlando Álvarez (1952–2016), Puerto Rican baseball player *Orlando Álvarez (lawyer) (1935–2013), Chilean lawyer *Orlando Amêndola (1899–1974), Brazilian swimmer *Orlando Anderson (1974–1998), American murder suspect *Orlando Antigua (born 1973), American basketball coach *Orlando Antonini (born 1944), Italian prelate *Orlando Aravena (born 1942), Chilean footballer *Orlando Arcia (born 1994), Venezuelan baseball player *Orlando Aryee (born 1954), Ghanaian politician *Orlando Azinhais (1933–2005), Portuguese fencer B *Orlando Baccino (born 1970), Argentinian judoka *Orlando Bailey (born 2001), English rugby union footballer *Orlando Baker (born 1979), Jamaican-American cricketer *Orlando Harrison Baker (1830–1913), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éditions Du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' (threshold) is the whole excitement of parting and arriving. It is also the brand new threshold that we refashion at the door of the Church to allow entry to many whose foot gropes around it" (Jean Plaquevent, letter dated 28 December 1934). Description Éditions du Seuil was the publisher of the ''Don Camillo'' series, and of Chairman Mao Zedong's ''Little Red Book''. The large sales that these generated have allowed the house to publish more specialized titles, particularly in the social sciences. Seuil is widely respected in the publishing world, maintaining good relations with its authors. Seuil has published works by Jacques Lacan, Roland Barthes and Philippe Sollers (in his first period), and later by Edgar Morin, Maurice Genevoix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |