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Paule Du Bouchet
Paule du Bouchet (born 19 April 1951) is a French writer, novelist and author of several books for youth. She is currently in charge of the Music Department of Gallimard Jeunesse. Career Paule du Bouchet was born on 19 April 1951, daughter of André du Bouchet and , Tina left the poet André and 6-year-old Paule for another poet René Char in 1957. She is passionate about music and pianist. Before working in book publishing, she studied philosophy and music, then she taught philosophy and gave musical training to children. She has been a journalist of the French magazine ' (Bayard Presse) from 1978 to 1985. Later she turned her career towards publishing and youth literature. She has written many novels, including ' in 2004, in 2007, , , et cetera. She currently has published more than 40 works at Éditions Gallimard and is director of “” since 2004, a collection of audiobooks produced by Gallimard. She was also responsible for the series of “ Découvertes Gallimard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Adult Fiction
Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate with the age and experience of the protagonist. The genres available in YA are expansive and include most of those found in adult fiction. Common themes related to YA include friendship, first love, relationships, and identity. Stories that focus on the specific challenges of youth are sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming-of-age novels. Young adult fiction was developed to soften the transition between children's novels and adult literature. History Beginning The history of young adult literature is tied to the history of how childhood and young adulthood has been perceived. One early writer to recognize young adults as a distinct age group was Sarah Trimmer, who, in 1802, described "young adulthood" as lasting from ages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Du Bouchet
André du Bouchet (April 7, 1924 – April 19, 2001) was a French poet. Biography Born in Paris, André du Bouchet lived in France until 1941 when his family left occupied Europe for the United States. He studied comparative literature first at Amherst College and then at Harvard University. After teaching for a year, he returned to France. Here Du Bouchet became friends with the poets Pierre Reverdy, René Char, and Francis Ponge, and with the painters Pierre Tal-Coat and Alberto Giacometti. Du Bouchet was one of the precursors of what would come to be called "poésie blanche" or "white poetry." In 1956, he published a collection of poems entitled ''Le Moteur blanc'' or "The White Motor". In 1966, he, along with (among others) Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Dupin, Louis-René des Forêts and Gaëtan Picon, founded the poetry revue '' L'Ephémère''. Twenty issues were published from 1966 to 1973. In 1961, Du Bouchet's first major poetry collection, ''Dans la chaleur vacante'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallimard Jeunesse
Gallimard Jeunesse is a French publisher of children's books. It is a subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard. It is the publisher of the French versions of '' Harry Potter'' by J.K. Rowling, the catalogue of Roald Dahl, ''The Little Prince'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ''Animorphs'' by Katherine Applegate, ''The English Roses'' and other books by Madonna, ''Winnie the Pooh'', and '' Pokémon''. Gallimard also publishes ''The Book of Time'' trilogy, by Guillaume Prévost (which includes ''The Book of Time'', '' The Gate of Days'' and ''The Circle of Gold''), and the birthplace of the encyclopaedic collection " Découvertes Gallimard". Games and gamebooks In the 1980s, they published most of the gamebooks in France, in the collection Folio Junior — ''Un livre dont ''vous'' êtes le héros'' (''a book in which ''you'' are the hero'', a reference to the caption of the covers of the ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks), including ''Fighting Fantasy'', ''Sorcery!'', '' Lone Wolf'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Char
René Émile Char (; 14 June 1907 – 19 February 1988) was a French poet and member of the French Resistance. Biography Char was born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department of France, the youngest of the four children of Emile Char and Marie-Thérèse Rouget, where his father was mayor and managing director of the Vaucluse plasterworks. He spent his childhood in Névons, the substantial family home completed at his birth, then studied as a boarder at the school of Avignon and subsequently, in 1925, a student at ''L'École de Commerce de Marseille'', where he read Plutarch, François Villon, Racine, the German Romantics, Alfred de Vigny, Gérard de Nerval and Charles Baudelaire. He was tall (1.92 m) and was an active rugby player. After briefly working at Cavaillon, in 1927 he performed his military service in the artillery in Nîmes. His first book, ''Cloches sur le cœur'', was published in 1928 as a compilation of poems written between 1922 and 1926. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayard Presse
Bayard Presse is one of the oldest press and publishing companies of France, being founded in 1870. The company has various media outlets both in its native France and abroad. As of 2019, it reports approximately two thousand employees, two hundred magazines with five million subscribers, and eight million annual book sales. History and profile Bayard Press was founded in Paris in 1870 and has since expanded into a global publishing network. Its core publications market comes from the children's sector. The main markets are France, Spain and China, but Bayard also has a substantial presence in Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company focuses on publications about youth, religion, seniors and nature. The company has close connections with the Catholic Church in France, and is owned by the Assumptionists. It edits educational and Catholic publications such as ''La Croix'' and '' Catholic Digest''. The latter was closed in Summer 2020. It also publishes ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Découvertes Gallimard
(, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, pocket format. The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, intended for a general audience but written by experts. Created in the style of ''livre d'art'', the collection is based on an abundant pictorial documentation and a way of bringing together visual documents and texts, enhanced by printing on coated paper, as commented in ''L'Express'', "genuine monographs, published like art books". Its creator—Pierre Marchand (editor), Pierre Marchand the "wiktionary:iconophile, iconophile", as remarked by the German graphic designer Raymond Stoffel—was instrumental in moulding the policy and ideals of the collection, which was an immediate success both in France and internationally. The first title (English edition: ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Gaston Gallimard in 1911, the publisher is now majority-owned by his grandson Antoine Gallimard. Éditions Gallimard is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group. History The publisher was founded on 31 May 1911 in Paris by Gaston Gallimard, André Gide, and Jean Schlumberger as ''Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française'' (NRF). From its 31 May 1911 founding until June 1919, Nouvelle Revue Française published one hundred titles including ''La Jeune Parque'' by Paul Valéry. NRF published the second volume of ''In Search of Lost Time'', In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, which became the first Prix Goncourt-awarded book published by the company. Nouvelle Revue Française adopted the name " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collection (publishing)
In the field of book publishing, a collection or, more precisely, editorial collection (french: collection éditoriale; es, colección editorial; it, collana editoriale; pt, coleção de livros, translation=collection of books), is a set of books published by the same publisher, usually written by various authors, each book with its own title, but all grouped under the same collective title. The collective title is the title of the collection, it must be mentioned on each book. The books that make up an editorial collection can be published in a specific order or not. When each volume in the collection has a serial number, it is called a numbered collection. A collection generally using distinctive, common formats and features. The title of a collection can be accompanied by the term "series" or its equivalents in other languages, such as in the English-speaking world, for example, the "Bibliothèque de la Pléiade", " Découvertes Gallimard" and "Que sais-je?" are all termed " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde De L'éducation
''Le Monde de l'éducation'' (The World of Education) is a former magazine published monthly from 1974 to 2008 by the press group ''Groupe La Vie-Le Monde''. This magazine was a reference in the treatment of contemporary issues of the French education system. In 2008, ''Le Monde de l'éducation'' announced the end of its release. The website, however, announced it would continue as a supplement to the newspaper ''Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...''. References External links Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Monde de l'education 1974 establishments in France 2008 disestablishments in France Defunct magazines published in France Education magazines French-language magazines Magazines established in 1974 Magazines disestablished in 2008 Magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
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French Children's Writers
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