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Prix Femina Essai
The prix Femina essai is a French literary prize awarded to an essay. Established in 1999, it replaced the prix Femina Vacaresco. List of laureates See also *Prix Femina *Prix Femina étrangerReferences {{Reflist French literary awards Awards established in 1999 Prix Femina essai winners, 1999 establishments in France ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Prize
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a Sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albin Michel
Albin may refer to: Places * Albin, Wyoming, US * Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US * Albin, Virginia, US People * Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin" * Albin (surname) ;Mononyms * Albin of Brechin (died 1269), Scottish bishop * Albin (rapper), real name Albin Johnsén, Swedish rapper * Albin (singer), mononym of Albin Sandqvist, Swedish electronic and dance pop singer Other * Albin (meteorite), found in 1915 in Laramie County, Wyoming, United States * Albin Countergambit, a chess opening * Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, founded in 1961, located in Winter Park, Florida, US * Albin Vega, a brand of yacht designed in Sweden * Per Albin Line, folkloric name of a 500 kilometer long line of light fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden * Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 The naming law in Sweden ( sv, lag om personnamn) is a Swedish law which requires the approv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion () is a French publishing group, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops (La Hune and Flammarion Center). Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000. Éditions Gallimard acquired Flammarion from RCS MediaGroup in 2012. Subsidiaries include Casterman. Its headquarters in Paris are in the building that was the former Café Voltaire (named in honour of the writer and philosopher Voltaire), located on the Place de l'Odeon in the current 6th arrondissement of Paris. Flammarion is a subsidiary of Groupe Madrigall, the third largest French publishing group. History Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the ''Treaty of Popular Astronomy'' of his brother, the astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published Émile Zola, Maupassant, and Jules Renard, as well as Hector Malot, Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Loyer
Emmanuelle Loyer (born, 1968) is a French historian, winner of the prix Femina essai 2015 for her biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss. Professor of Universities, Emmanuelle Loyer teaches contemporary history at Sciences-Po Paris. Works *1994: ''Histoire culturelle et intellectuelle de la France au XXe siècle'', with Pascale Goetschel, Paris, Armand Colin, series "Cursus", 187 p. *1997: ''Le Théâtre citoyen de Jean Vilar. Une utopie d’après-guerre'', Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 253 p. *2005: ''Histoire culturelle de la France de la Belle époque à nos jours'', with Pascale Goetschel, Paris, Armand Colin, series "Cursus", 268 p. *2005: ''Paris à New York. Intellectuels et artistes français en exil, 1940-1947'', Paris, Éditions Grasset and Fasquelle, 497 p. ::- Prix Cazes 2006 *2007: ''Histoire du Festival d’Avignon'', with Antoine de Baecque, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 607 p. :: - Prix du meilleur livre sur le théâtre du Syndicat de la critique 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Veyne
Paul Veyne (; 13 June 1930 – 29 September 2022) was a French archaeologist and historian, and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the École Normale Supérieure and member of the École française de Rome, he was honorary professor at the Collège de France. Biography Veyne was born in Aix-en-Provence. From a background which he described as "uncultured", he took up archaeology and history by chance, at the age of eight, when he discovered a piece of an amphora on a Celtic site close to the village of Cavaillon. He developed a particular interest in Roman civilization since it was the best-known in the environment in which he grew up. The family having moved to Lille, he assiduously studied the Roman collections of the archaeological museum there, where he received guidance from the curator. He maintains that his interest in the Greeks and Romans stems not from any humanist impulse or any specific admiration, but just from his chance discovery as a child. Having come to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plon (publisher)
Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers. The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelles, Belgium. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century. History The ''Éditions Plon'' were created in 1852, by Henri Plon and his two brothers. They were given the title of ''Imprimeur de l’Empereur'' (Imperial publisher) and published the correspondence of Louis XIII of France, Marie Antoinette and Napoleon I of France. During the 1920s the house published the novels of the Jewish-Algerian writer Elissa Rhaïs. Plon published Quid, an encyclopedia, from 1963 to 1974. They were acquired by the Groupe de La Cité, which was later acquired in 1988 by Havas. In 2001, Havas was itself absorbed by Vivendi, then called ''Vivendi Universal''. The Vivendi group, facing financial troubles, sold several publishing companies, including Plon, to Wendel Investissement, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Enthoven
Raphaël Enthoven (born 9 November 1975) is a French philosophy teacher, radio host and television host. An '' agrégé'' who taught at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Paris Diderot University, Enthoven is known to the French public for hosting various philosophy-related shows on radio and television. Although he has been described as a philosopher, Enthoven himself rejects being labeled as such. Career After obtaining the qualification in philosophy from École Normale Supérieure, he taught for two years at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, then at Paris Diderot University, and during the first two years (2002 and 2003) at the Université populaire de Caen, founded by Michel Onfray, where he runs the general philosophy seminar. After distancing himself from the latter, he became co-producer of the radio show ''Les vendredis de la philosophie'' on France Culture. Having previously lectured political philosophy at Sciences Po (2000-2003, 2005-2007), and at the École Poly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul Enthoven
Jean-Paul Enthoven (born 11 January 1949) is a French publisher and journalist.''Who's Who in France'', 2008 edition, . Biography Early life and education Born in Mascara near Oran in French Algeria, Enthoven comes from a bourgeois Jewish family. His mother was born Gilberte Tordjman and his father, Edmond Enthoven, was a businessman who made his fortune in real estate and cinema management. In this completely agnostic Jewish family environment, his political socialization took place in a very republican atmosphere, attached to moral considerations such as the defense of human rights and found himself in the political figure of a Clemenceau. His family was linked to the Oranese intellectual elite, notably with philosopher André Bénichou, director of the Descartes course which many French academics attended during the Algerian War. Thus his parents became close to Pierre Nora and the latter helped their son when he became a boarder at Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux. Jean-Paul En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Enthoven 2013
Raphael was an Italian Renaissance painter. Raphael or Raphaël may also refer to: Music *Raphael (band), a Japanese rock band active 1997–2001 * ''Raphael'' (opera), an 1894 opera by Anton Arensky * Raphael (musician), American musician and composer of ambient music *Raphael (singer), Spanish singer *Raphaël Haroche, French singer known by the mononym Raphaël *The Raphaels, an alternative country music band Names *Raphael (given name), a name of Hebrew origin *Raphael (surname) *Raphael (footballer) (born 1985), full name Raphael Tessaro Schettino, Brazilian footballer Religion *Raphael (archangel), an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam *Raphael I of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1475 to 1476 *Raphael II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1603 to 1607 *Raphael of Brooklyn (1860–1915), saint in the Christian Orthodox tradition *Raphael I Bidawid, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1989–2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobie Nathan
''Tobie'' is an oratorio by Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ... to words by Lefèvre from 1854. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music'' Michael Kennedy, Joyce Bourne - 2004 p297 0198608845 oratorios: La Rédemption (1868–81); Mors et Vita (1885). cantatas: Marie Stuart (1837); Gallia (1871). church music: Messe a tre (1841); ... Recordings *Paris Sorbonne Chorus, Paris Sorbonne Orchestra, Jacques Grimbert 1995 References {{Charles Gounod Oratorios by Charles Gounod 1854 compositions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Tobie'' is an oratorio by Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ... to words by Lefèvre from 1854. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music'' Michael Kennedy, Joyce Bourne - 2004 p297 0198608845 oratorios: La Rédemption (1868–81); Mors et Vita (1885). cantatas: Marie Stuart (1837); Gallia (1871). church music: Messe a tre (1841); ... Recordings *Paris Sorbonne Chorus, Paris Sorbonne Orchestra, Jacques Grimbert 1995 References {{Charles Gounod Oratorios by Charles Gounod 1854 compositions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laure Murat
Laure Murat, born June 4, 1967, in Paris, is a French historian, writer, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Laure Murat is the daughter of the writer and film producer Napoléon Murat and historian Inès d'Albert de Luynes. In 1986, she began her career as a journalist first at '' Beaux-Arts Magazine'', and then at ''l'Objet d'art'', before spending a year at ''Profession politique''. She subsequently worked as a freelance journalist for several notable reviews (''Connaissance des Arts'', ''Muséart'', ''les Aventures de l'art'', ''l'Œil'', among others), supplements (''Le Monde de la révolution française'') and radio shows (Radio Aligre, France-Culture). In 1997, she was invited by the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts to give a seminar on the "theory of art criticism." In 2004, she wrote a thesis, "Le Troisième sexe. Du mythe de l’androgyne à l’invention du neutre," for thDiplôme de l'EHESS She earned the degree with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
