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Prix Emmanuel Roblès
The Prix Emmanuel Roblès, readers's prize of Blois, is a French literary award established in 1990 whose aim is to reward an author of first novel. It is baptized as a tribute to writer Emmanuel Robles. High school students, students, librarians, booksellers, members of associations, detainees in prisons or all passionate about books, come together to work on this selection, in France and abroad. The winner of the prize is awarded a 5000 € scholarship (as of 2014) which allows him to start or continue a writing project. Laureates of the Prix Emmanuel Roblès * 1991: Nina Bouraoui, La Voyeuse interdite, Éditions Gallimard * 1992: Patrice Orcel, ''Un dilettante à la campagne'', Gallimard * 1993: Bernard Chambaz, ''L'Arbre de vies'', * 1994: Tobie Nathan, ''Saraka Bô'', * 1995: Maïté Pinero, ''Le Trouble des eaux'', éditions Julliard. * 1996: Christian Le Guillochet, ''L'Oiseau éventail'', Lucien Souny * 1997: Dominique Sigaud, ''L'Hypothèse du désert'', Gallimard * 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region. Historically, the city was the capital of the county of Blois, created on 832 until its integration into the Royal domain in 1498, when Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France. During the Renaissance, Blois was the official residence of the King of France. History Pre-history Since 2013, excavations have been conducted by French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (''INRAP'' in French) in Vienne where they found evidence of "one or several camps of late Prehistory hunter-gatherers, who were also fishermen since fishing traps were found there.. ..They were ancestors of the famous Neolithic farmer-herders, who were present in current France around 6,000 BC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soazig Aaron
Soazig Aaron (born 1949, Rennes) is a French author. Biography After studying history, Soazig Aaron worked for a few years in a bookshop in Paris. Today, she lives in Rennes in Brittany. Her first novel, ''Le Non de Klara'', appeared in 2002. The author, who is not Jewish, recounts in a fictitious diary the fate of Klara, a survivor of Auschwitz who returned in 1945 to Paris, trying to resume a normal life. For this work, Soazig Aaron received the prix Goncourt du premier roman and the prix Emmanuel Roblès of the city of Blois in 2002. These two prizes reward a first novel. In 2002, it also obtained the Prix du Roman of the city of Carhaix. In 2004, ''Le Non de Klara'' was crowned with the Grand Prix des Libraires. In Germany, the novel was awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis. Her second novel, ''La Sentinelle tranquille sous la lune'', was published by éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Nollet
Estelle Nollet (born 1977 in Central African Republic) is a French writer. Works *2009: ''On ne boit pas les rats-kangourous'', Paris, Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 327 p. :: - Bourse Thyde Monnier de la SGDL (2009), Prix Obiou (2010), Prix Emmanuel Roblès (2010), Double Prix du jury et du public du premier roman de Chatou. *2011: ''Le Bon, la Brute, etc. '', Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 341 p. . *2015: ''Quand j'étais vivant'', Albin Michel, series "Romans Français", 272 p. . References External links Estelle Nolleton Babelio on ''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 ...'' (27 August 2009) Estelle Nollet - ''C'est la plongée sous-marine qui m’a permis d’écrire''on Le Petit journal.com Estelle Nollet - ''Estelle Nollet Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Corti
José Corti is a bookshop and publishing house located in Paris, France, and was founded in 1925. It is named after its founder, José Corticchiato (14 January 1895 – 25 December 1984). José Corticchiato started his business by publishing the work of his surrealist friends that included the founder André Breton, Paul Éluard, and Louis Aragon. José Corti's bookshop is located in the Latin Quarter in Paris, at 11 Rue Médicis, 75006 Paris (VIème). The firm was the lifelong publisher of French author Julien Gracq, and owns the publishing rights to Jan Potocki's masterpiece ''The Manuscript Found in Saragossa''. Its motto is , which means "Nothing Commonplace". At the end of 2016, the bookshop at 11 rue de Médicis closed. It reopened in February 2017 under the name "Librairie des éditeurs associés", which still houses the Corti publishing collection, as well as other independent publishers. In 2023, Marie de Quatrebarbes and Maël Guesdon took over the management of the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Arfel
Tatiana Arfel (born 17 May 1979 in Paris) is a French writer. Biography Psychologist by training, Tatiana Arfel is also a graduate in modern literature. Works *2008: ''L’Attente du soir'', Paris, José Corti Éditions, series "Merveilleux", 325 p. . ::- Prix du Salon du premier roman de Draveil 2009. :: - Prix Emmanuel Roblès 2009. :: - Prix Alain-Fournier 2010 :: - Prix des académiciens des Genêts de Bron 2009–2010 :: - Prix Jeune Talent littéraire des clubs de lecture de Saint Germain en Laye. :: - Prix Biblioblog 2010. *2010: ''Des clous'', Paris, José Corti Éditions, coll. « Domaine français », 319 p. . *2013: ''La Deuxième Vie d’Aurélien Moreau'', Paris, José Corti Éditions, series "Domaine français", 319 p. *2015: ''Les Inconfiants'', ill. de Julien Cordier, Marseille, France, Éditions Le Bec en l’air, 125 p. References External links Tatiana Arfelon Babelio Tatiana Arfelon France Inter France Inter () is a major French public radio ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Martinez
Carole Martinez (10 November 1966 in Créhange) is a French contemporary novelist. Biography She was at a time tempted by theater and created her troupe at age 20. She is a teacher of French. Her first novel, ', released discreetly in February 2007, received thereafter numerous prizes. Her second novel, ', is short listed for the prix Goncourt (the prize eventually went to '' L'Art français de la guerre'' by Alexis Jenni with five votes, and three to Carole Martinez.) She finally was awarded the prix Goncourt des lycéens. Publications ; Youth *1998: ''Le Cri du livre'', Paris, Pocket, series "Jeunesse", 175 p. . Reissued under the title ''L'Œil du témoin'', Paris, éditions Rageot, series "Heure noire", 2011, 192 p. ; Novels *2007: ''Le Cœur cousu'', Paris, éditions Gallimard, '' Collection Blanche'', 430 p. :: Prix Renaudot des lycéens 2007 :: Prix Ulysse 2007 :: Prix Emmanuel Roblès 2007 :: Premier prix du Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry - 2007 :: Bour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éditions Belfond
Editis is a French corporate group, group of publishing companies, subsidiary of French group Vivendi. It is the second-largest Media of France, French publishing group, after Hachette Livre. History Editis was created in January 2004 by the regrouping of approximately 60% of the publishing assets of Vivendi, the other part remaining with Lagardère Group. Editis was, for 4 years (until May 2008), part of Wendel (group), Wendel, a financial investment group which had acquired it from Investima10 (a financial ''ad hoc'' structure holding Vivendi Universal Publishing assets after Lagardère's purchase in 2003). Wendel purchased this group of publishers for about €400 million plus debt, and sold it to Planeta for about €960 million, realizing a profit. In May 2008, Editis integrated with the Planeta Group, the main Spanish-speaking publisher. In January 2019, Vivendi reacquired Editis from Planeta for €900m. Group members the main subsidiaries were: * Bordas * CLE Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Boris
Hugo Boris (born 18 November 1979 in Paris), is a French writer. Biography Born in 1979, Boris is graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière. In 2003, his short story ''N'oublie pas de montrer ma tête au peuple'', published by Mercure de France, earned him the prix du jeune écrivain. His first novel, ''Le Baiser dans la nuque'' (The kiss in the neck), was published by Éditions Belfond in 2005. The book, which describes the meeting of a piano teacher with a deaf midwife, was rewarded by the Festival of the first novel of Chambéry and by the Prix Emmanuel Roblès. The book met a critical and public success which made it one of the events of the literary season. ''Télérama'' evoked a novel "light as a song, dark as a requiem", of a writing which "always leaves the emotion pass, the poetry, without sentimentality", a text which goes "against the publications of the literary season that trumpet and storm" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Ohl
Jean-Pierre Ohl (born 1959) is a French writer. He was born in Onesse-Laharie, a small village in the Landes forest in Southwest France. After studying literature he began working in independent bookstores. Thanks to his brother, the writer Michel Ohl, he discovered Charles Dickens who has had a great influence on his books and to whom he devoted a biography in 2011. Works *2004: ''Monsieur Dick ou Le Dixième Livre'', Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 280 p. . ::- Prix Emmanuel Roblès 2005 *2008: ''Les Maîtres de Glenmarkie'', Gallimard, 360 p. . *2011: ''Charles Dickens'', Gallimard, series « Folio. Biographies », 305 p. . *2012: ''Redrum'', Talence, France, Éditions de l’Arbre vengeur, 242 p. . References External links Jean-Pierre Ohlon Babelio on France Culture Rencontre avec Jean-Pierre Ohlon Daily motion Jean-Pierre Ohl : ''Les Maîtres de Glenmarkie''on ''Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éditions Grasset
The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). History Founder In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, '' Du côté de chez Swann'', without reading it, and in 1920, André Maurois, François Mauriac, Henry de Montherlant, Paul Morand (called the 4 M) and later on: Raymond Radiguet, Blaise Cendrars, André Malraux, Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, Fernand de Brinon, Jacques Doriot, Abel Bonnard, Jacques Chardonne, Georges Blond and Adolf Hitler. He is condemned, in 1945, for his collaboration with the nazis and receives Electroconvulsive therapy in Ville-d'Avray, for mental illness. Publishing house In 1959, Bernard Privat merge the '' éditions Fasquelle'' with Grasset. Jean-Claude Fasquelle becomes also the director of the ''Magazine Littéraire'', in 1970. In 1975, Grasset's literary director, Yves Berger also Pierre Sabbagh's cultural adviser on the 2nd channel of Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminata Zaaria , Malian academic and politician
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Aminata is a West African given name; it may refer to: * Aminata Diaw (1959–2017), Senegalese academic and political philosopher * Aminata Maïga Ka (born 1940), Senegalese writer * Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye, member of the Pan-African Parliament * Aminata Savadogo (born 1993), Latvian singer * Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegalese-born author * Aminata Traoré (born 1942), Malian author, politician, and political activist * Sidibé Aminata Diallo Sidibé Aminata Diallo (born 1950) is a Malian academic and politician. Academia Diallo gained her doctorate in development and urban studies from the University of Toulouse in 1984. She is a member of the faculty of Economic Sciences and Manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
