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Prix De L'essai
The Prix de l'essai is an annual French essay prize awarded by the Académie française. It was created in 1971 by the Fondation Broquette-Gonin. It is awarded for an individual essay or for the collected works of an essayist. The prize sum was 1000 euros in 2015. Laureates The following have received the prize: * 1971: Roger Judrin, ''Journal d'une monade et autres essais''. * 1972: Paul Veyne, ''Writing History'' (''Comment on écrit l'histoire''). * 1973: Marthe Robert, ''Origins of the Novel'' (''Roman des origines et origines du roman''). * 1974: Étiemble, ''Essais de littérature (vraiment) générale''. * 1975: Jules Monnerot, ''Inquisitions''. * 1976: Pierre Flottes, ''Histoire de la poésie politique et sociale en France de 1815 à 1939''. * 1977: André Glucksmann, ''The Master Thinkers'' (''Les Maîtres penseurs''). * 1978: Alain de Benoist, ''Vu de droite. Anthologie critique des idées contemporaines''. * 1979: Georges Elgozy, ''De l'humour''. * 1980: Bertrand d'Astor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and Skills, skill, north of Ancient Athens, Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the Gymnasium (ancient Greece), gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive Grove (nature), grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Assouline
Pierre Assouline (born 17 April 1953) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco to a Jewish family. He has published several novels and biographies, and also contributes articles for the print media and broadcasts for radio. As a biographer, he has covered a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: * Henri Cartier-Bresson, the legendary photographer * Marcel Dassault, the aeronautics pioneer * Gaston Gallimard, the publisher * Hergé, the creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin'' * Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, the art dealer * Georges Simenon, the detective novelist and creator of Inspector Maigret Several of these books have been translated into English and the Henri Cartier-Bresson biography has been translated into Chinese. As a journalist, Assouline has worked for the leading French publications '' Lire'' and ''Le Nouvel Observateur''. He also publishes a blog, "La république des livres". ;Wikipedia Assouline was the editor of La Révolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Schneider (historian)
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא (''Kefa),'' the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona, referred in English as Saint Peter. Pierre is also found as a surname. People with the given name * Abbé Pierre, Henri Marie Joseph Grouès (1912–2007), French Catholic priest who founded the Emmaus Movement * Monsieur Pierre, Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (c. 1890–1963), French ballroom dancer and dance teacher * Pierre (footballer), Lucas Pierre Santos Oliveira (born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Pierre, Baron of Beauvau (c. 1380–1453) * Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre (1845–1919) * Pierre, marquis de Fayet (died 1737), French naval commander and Governor General of Saint-Domingue * Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), father of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Cannone
Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linden tree".E.G. Withycombe, ''Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names'' People *Belinda Ang (born 1954), a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore *Belinda Bauer (other), several people * Belinda Bencic (born 1997), Swiss tennis player * Belinda Carlisle (born 1958), lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and solo artist *Bilinda Butcher (born 1961), vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine * Belinda Clark (born 1970), Australian former cricketer. * Belinda Cordwell (born 1965), former tennis player from New Zealand *Belinda Cowling, French medical researcher *Belinda Effah (born 1989), Nigerian movie actress. *Belinda Emmett (1974–2006), Australian actress and singer. * Belinda Kirk, Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Delay
Florence Delay (born 19 March 1941 in Paris) is a French academician and actress. Biography The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne. In 1962, she played the title role of Joan of Arc in a movie by Robert Bresson, ''Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (The Trial of Joan of Arc)''. At 30, she published her first novel, ''Minuit sur les jeux''. She was awarded the Prix Femina in 1983 for her novel ''Riche et légère''. With Jacques Roubaud of the Oulipo, she compiled, a series of 10 plays about the Arthurian legend, ''Graal Théâtre,'' from 1977 to 2005. She has been an actress, narrator, or writer in movies by Chris Marker, Hugo Santiago, Benoît Jacquot and Michel Deville Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931) is a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Ozouf
Mona Ozouf born Mona Annig Sohier (born 24 February 1931) is a French historian and philosopher. Born into a family of schoolteachers keen on preserving the language and culture of Brittany, she graduated as a teacher of philosophy from the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles. After teaching philosophy, she joined the CNRS as a historian. Her research and writings are centred on the French Revolution and on the French secular education system. Notable publications include ''L'École, l'Église et la République, 1871–1914'' (1963) and ''La fête révolutionnaire, 1789–1799'' (1976), published in English as ''Festivals and the French Revolution'' (1988). Biography Born on 24 February 1931 at Lannilis, Finistère, Mona Annig Sohier is the daughter of the schoolteachers Yann Sohier (1901–1935) and Anne Le Den. In 1955, she married the historian :fr:Jacques Ozouf (1928–2006). After, her father died when she was only four years old, she was brought up by her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Roussel
Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Satie, born Éric, but who in later life signed his name "Erik" pronounced as in English. As with Étienne, Émile, Édouard, Élisabeth, Édith the accent É is sometimes omitted in older printed sources, though French orthography is to include accents on capitals. People named Éric * Éric Abidal (b. 1979) French footballer * Éric Antoine (b. 1976) French comedy magician * Éric Bourdon (b. 1979) French painter * Éric Cantona (b. 1966) French footballer, known as "Eric Cantona" as an actor * Éric Elmosnino (b. 1964) French actor and musician * Éric Fottorino (b. 1960) French journalist and author * Éric Geoffroy (b. 1956) French philosopher, islamologist and writer * Éric Guirado (b. 1968) French film director and writer * Éric Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Imbert
Claude Imbert (born 1933) is a French philosopher, logician, and translator of Gottlob Frege. Education and career Imbert earned an agrégation in 1955 at the École normale supérieure, and is a professor emeritus of the École normale supérieure. Recognition Imbert won the Prix de l'essai of the Académie Française in 1995 for her work "Par Bonheur". Books Imbert's works include: *''Les fondements de l'arithmétique'' (translation of Gottlob Frege's ''The Foundations of Arithmetic ''The Foundations of Arithmetic'' (german: Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik) is a book by Gottlob Frege, published in 1884, which investigates the philosophical foundations of arithmetic. Frege refutes other theories of number and develops his own t ...'' (Coll. "L'ordre philosophique", Paris: Ed. du Seuil, 1969) *''Ecrits logiques et philosophiques'' (translation of Gottlob Frege's essays on logic and philosophy (Coll. "L'ordre philosophique", Paris: Ed. du Seuil, 1971) *''Phénoménologies e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Duhamel
Alain Maurice Jacques Duhamel (; born 31 May 1940) is a prominent French journalist and political commentator. In 1963, Duhamel started working at ''Le Monde''. He started giving talks on Europe 1 from 1974. He has also written in '' Libération'' since 1992, and in ''Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace''. Duhamel has also hosted several television political broadcasts: ''À armes égales'' from 1970, ''Cartes sur table'' on Antenne 2 from 1978, succeeded by ''L'Heure de vérité'', and eventually ''100 minutes pour convaincre'' from 2002, as well as ''Question Ouverte''. During the French presidential election of 1995, Duhamel, along with fellow journalist Guillaume Durand, hosted the television debate between Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin. Duhamel has also worked with RTL from 1999. In 2006, Duhamel published ''Les Prétendants 2007'', listing 20 likely contendants of the French presidential election of 2007, and notably ignoring Ségolène Royal. Duhamel persisted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Millet
Richard Millet (born 1953) is a Lebanese-French author. Biography Early life He was born in Viam, Corrèze in 1953. He spent part of his childhood in the neighborhood of Badaro in Beirut, Lebanon. Work and career In 1994, he won the Essay Prize from the Académie Française for his book ''Le Sentiment de la langue'' (“The Feeling of Language”). Several of Millet's novels are set in the village of Siom (Viam's literary counterpart), including ''La Gloire des Pythre'' (“The Glory of the Pythres”), ''L'Amour des trois sœurs Piale'' (“The Love of the Three Piale Sisters”), ''Lauve le pur'' (“Lauve the Pure”), and ''Ma vie parmi les ombres'' (“My Life Among the Shadows”). More generally, the Plateau de Millevaches - its landscape, climate, geographic location and the evolution of the lives of its inhabitants over the course of the century - is an essential element in his work, as Haute-Provence was for Giono, the county of Yoknapatawpha for Faulkner or W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Etchegoyen
Alain Etchegoyen (6 November 1951 in Lille – 9 April 2007 in Le Mans), was a philosopher and novelist. He was the last Plan Commissionner before that Commission was abrogated. He wrote some twenty books, essays and novels. A former student of l'École Normale Supérieure, he was a professor in Education in France#Grandes écoles, classes prépas at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and in a Secondary education in France#Lycée professionnel, professional lycée in Hauts-de-Seine. Career Etchegoyen started his career (1979–1982) in Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS, then went to the Industry and Research Ministry (1982–1984), before working in the Plan Commission (1984–1985). In 1985, Etchegoyen founded the Association de l'édition du Corpus des textes philosophiques de langue française. In the middle of the 1980s he created a consulting company, with Michelin among its customers. At the end of the 1980s he led the takeover of the faience maker Gé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
