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Prix Jean Freustié
The Prix Jean-Freustié is a French literary prize created in 1987 by Christiane Teurlay-Freustié, second wife of writer and publisher Jean Freustie (1914–1983) to which it pays tribute, and his friends Nicole and Frédéric Vitoux as well as writer Bernard Frank. It rewards a French-speaking writer for a prose work: a novel, short story, autobiography, biography or essay. The prize is awarded annually. The Prix Jean Freustié Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, was created thanks to the generosity of Christiane Teurlay-Freustié, her founder who died in 2010. The annual grant is 20,000 euros. As of 2016, the members of the jury are: Charles Dantzig, writer; Jean-Claude Fasquelle, former director of the éditions Grasset; Annick Geille, journalist; Henri-Hugues Lejeune, writer; Éric Neuhoff, president of the jury, critic at '' Le Figaro'' and writer; Anthony Palou, writer and columnist at ''Le Figaro''; Jean-Noël Pancrazi, writer, also a member of the ... [...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] |
Prix Médicis
The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and . It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent." The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 1970 the ''Prix Médicis étranger'' was added to recognize a book published in translation. The ''Prix Médicis essai'' has been awarded since 1985 for non-fiction works. Laureates ''Prix Médicis'' *1958 – ''La Mise en scène'' – Claude Ollier *1959 – ''Le Dîner en ville'' – Claude Mauriac *1960 – ''John Perkins suivi : d'un scrupule'' – Henri Thomas *1961 – ''Le Parc'' – Philippe Sollers *1962 – ''Derrière la baignoire'' – Colette Audry *1963 – ''Un chat qui aboie'' – Gérard Jarlot *1964 – ''L'Opoponax'' – Monique Wittig *1965 – ''La Rhubarbe'' – René-Victor Pilhes *1966 – ''Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel'' – Marie-Claire Blais, Canada *1967 – ''Histoire'' – Claude Simon *1968 – ''Le Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Salatko
Alexis Salatko (Alexis Wladimir Marie Salatko-Petryszcze) (born 1 January 1959 in Suresnes) is a French writer of Ukrainian origin. Works *1981: ''Le Tigre d'écume'', Paris, Éditions Gallimard, Collection Blanche, 289 p. *1984: ''Le Couturier de Zviska '', Paris, , series "Romans", 183 p. *1987: ''S'il pleut, il pleuvra'', Presses de la Renaissance, 200 p. *1988: ''Rêves d'escales, escales de rêve'' followed by ''Sur les rails, été 1921'', Cherbourg-Octeville, Éditions Isoète, series "Rivages d'encre", 175 p. *1990: '' Vingt-deux nuances de gris'', Presses de la Renaissance, series "Les Nouvelles françaises", 184 p. *1993: ''Bill et Bela'', Presses de la Renaissance, series "Les romans français", 166 p. : - bourse Thyde Monnier 1993 *1995: ''Notre-Dame des Queens'', phot. by Guillaume Brown, hist. of Jean-Louis Libourel and Marie-Hélène Renou-Enault, Cherbourg-Octeville, Éditions Isoète, 85 p. *2000: ''Mauve Haviland'', Paris, Éditions du Seuil, series "Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorj Chalandon
Sorj Chalandon (born 16 May 1952 in Tunis) is a French writer and journalist. Biography Chalandon grew up in Lyon with his parents and brother. His father was intensely paranoid and violent, making his family life difficult. When Chalandon was ten years old, his grandfather revealed to him that his father had been a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War, contrary to the heroic stories his father had told him throughout his childhood. It was not until 2020 that he knew the true nature and extent of his father's collaboration, six years after his father's death. His memoir on this subject, ''Enfant de salaud,'' was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt in 2021. At the age of 21, he became a cartoonist at ''Libération.'' He worked as a journalist for the newspaper from 1973 until 2007, where, among other things, he covered events in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan. In 1988 he received the Albert-Londres Prize for his articles on Northern Ireland and the Klaus Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impardonnables
''Unforgivable'' (french: Impardonnables) is a 2011 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, and Mélanie Thierry. The film is an adaptation of Philippe Djian's novel ''Unforgivable'' which received the Jean Freustié award in 2009. It was previously called ''The Angels Terminus''. The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight at the 2011 Cannes film festival. Plot Francis, an aging successful writer of crime novels, arrives in Venice where he plans to rent out an apartment to live in peace and quiet for the next year while writing a new novel. Through his search he meets Judith, a real estate agent, who insists on showing him a house accessible only by boat on the island of Sant'Erasmo. Francis is smitten with Judith, a beautiful ex-model about 20 years his junior, and acquiesces to rent the property if she moves in with him. Eighteen months later, Francis and Judith are blissfully married and living together in Sant'Erasmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Djian
Philippe Djian (; born 3 June 1949) is a popular French literature, French author of Armenian people, Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel ''"Oh..." (Elle'' for the English translation). Life and career Djian graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris (ESJ Paris). After a period of wandering and odd jobs, he published a volume of short stories, ''50 contre 1'' (1981), and then the novels ''Bleu comme l'enfer'' (1982) and ''Zone érogène'' (1984) before gaining fame with his subsequent novels ''37°2 le matin'' (1985), ''Maudit Manège'' (1986), ''Echine'' (1988), ''Crocodiles'' (short stories) (1989), ''Lent dehors'' (1991), ''Sotos'' (1993), and ''Assassins'' (1994). Five of his novels have been adapted into films: ''37°2 le matin'' (1986; English title ''Betty Blue'') which was filmed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, ''Bleu comme l'enfer'' (1986; English title ') directed by Yves Boisset; ''Impardonnables'' (2011; English title Unforgivab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Chapuis
Bernard Chapuis (born 1945 in Algiers) is a French writer and journalist. Biography A journalist working for ''Combat'', he joined ''Le Canard enchaîné'' in the 1970s. He later succeeded Robert Escarpit for the daily notes in ''Le Monde''. In 2005, he won the prix Roger-Nimier for his novel ''La Vie parlée'' published by éditions Stock and the prix des Deux Magots in 2010 for ''Le Rêve entouré d'eau'' at the same publisher. This novel also earned him thPrix Mottard of the Académie française He was named officier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in January 2010. Works *1977: *1983: *1986: *1987: *1997: *2005: Prix Roger-Nimier 2005) *2006: *2009: (Prix des Deux Magots 2010) *2012: , Prix Jean-Freustié 2012 Filmography *2010 : ' by Pascal Thomas *2015 : ''Valentin Valentin'' by Pascal Thomas References External links Bernard Chapuison the site of the Académie française Barnard Chapuison France Inter Bernard Chapuis empoche le prix Jean-Freustié ... [...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] |
Philippe Vilain
Philippe Vilain (born 1969) is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. Biography His literary work presents itself as an exploration of the consciousness of love: jealousy (''L'Étreinte''), the guilt of not loving enough (''Le Renoncement''), commitment (''L'Été à Dresde''), adultery (''Paris l'après-midi'', ''La Femme infidèle''), paternity (''Faux-père''), shyness (''Confession d’un timide''), cultural and social difference (''Pas son genre''). His theoretical work questions contemporary literature (''Dans le séjour des corps. Essai sur Marguerite Duras'') and Autofiction. A new defining pact is advanced in ''L’autofiction en théorie''; ''Fiction homonymique ou anominale qu’un individu fait de sa vie ou d’une partie de celle-ci''. After ''La Dernière Année'' (adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by in 2002,) ''Paris l’après-midi'' (prix François Mauriac of the Académie franç ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercure De France
The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. The gazette was published from 1672 to 1724 (with an interruption in 1674–1677) under the title (sometimes spelled ; 1672–1674) and (1677–1724). The title was changed to in 1724. The gazette was briefly suppressed (under Napoleon) from 1811 to 1815 and ceased publication in 1825. The name was revived in 1890 for both a literary review and (in 1894) a publishing house initially linked with the symbolist movement. Since 1995 has been part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. should not be confused with another literary magazine, the (1823–1830). The original ''Mercure galant'' and ''Mercure de France'' The ''Mercure galant'' was founded by the writer Jean Donneau de Visé in 1672. The name refers to the god Mercury, the messenger of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Frébourg
Olivier Frébourg (14 September 1965, Dieppe) is a French journalist, writer and publisher. Career As a journalist, he wrote for '' Libération'', ''Le Figaro Littéraire'', '' Géo'' (as great reporter), ''le Figaro Magazine'', ', ' and several foreign newspapers. A literary advisor at Éditions du Rocher from 1988 to 1990, then literary director at La Table Ronde from 1992 to 2003, he created the Éditions des Équateurs in 2003. Always fascinated by the sea, himself an ''emeritus'' navigator, he was received among Les Écrivains de marine in October 2004, a literary group founded by Jean-François Deniau. Works * 1989: ''Roger Nimier. Trafiquant d'insolence'', éditions du Rocher, series "Les Infréquentables", - Prix des Deux-Magots * 1991: ''Basse saison'', Albin Michel, - Prix du premier roman de la ville de Caen * 1994: ''La vie sera plus belle'', Albin Michel, - Prix des lycées d’Ile de France * 1998: ''Port d'attache'', Albin Michel, - Prix François Maur ... [...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 "Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
