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Prix Ève Delacroix
Le prix Ève-Delacroix is one of the prizes bestowed by the Académie française. The award which was established in 1977 by the Ève-Delacroix foundation is intended "for the author of a work (essay or novel) combining literary qualities with the meaning of the dignity of man and the responsibilities of the writer".Prix Eve Delacroix on the site of the Académie française Laureates Source: * 2016 - Gilles Thomas* 2014 - Marcel Cohen, ''Sur la scène intérieure. Faits'' * 2013 - , ''Une vie brève'' * 2012 - [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix De L'Académie Française
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell (American musician), Chris Bell, who also played guitar and sang backup vocals. Prix is also famous of Banjo playing. Alex Chilton also participated in the recordings, along with session drummer Hilly Michaels. Although the group generated some major record label interest—notably from Mercury Records and Sony Music, Columbia/CBS Records—it ultimately only released a double A-side single on Terry Ork, Ork Records in 1977 and a single on Miracle Records in 1978. Its only live performance came at a CBS Records showcase in 1976. In 1977, just as Ork Records released the first single and booked the group at CBGB, Prix broke up due both to Hoehn's unwillingness to remain in New York and to creative differences. In 1978, two of the songs recorded duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Kayat
Claude Kayat (born 24 July 1939, Sfax, Tunisia) is a Franco-Swedish writer, dramatist and painter. Since 1958, he lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where he completed his studies; He got married, had children, and worked as a teacher of French and English. At the same time, he pursued a career as a novelist in French, a language he has always considered his mother tongue without ever having lived in the country. In his writing Claude Kayat often explores concepts like identity. He has also written 28 plays in French and Swedish. Bibliography *1981: ''Mohammed Cohen'', Éditions du Seuil, prix Afrique méditerranéenne 1982 *1987: ''Les Cyprès de Tibériade'', La Table RondeGrand prix du Rayonnement de la langue française*1989: ''Le Rêve d’Esther'', La Table Ronde *1997: ''L'Armurier'', Le Seuil, prix Ève Delacroix of the Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lartéguy
Jean Lartéguy (5 September 1920 in Maisons-Alfort – 23 February 2011) was the pen name of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier. Larteguy is credited with first envisioning the " ticking time bomb" scenario of torture in his 1960 novel '' Les centurions''. Biography Lartéguy was born into what he called "one of those families of poor mountain peasants whose names are found inscribed on war memorials, but not in history books" in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne. Both his father and uncle had served in the First World War. With his country conquered by the Germans, Lartéguy escaped from France into Spain in March 1942.. He remained there for nine months and spent time in a Francoist jail before joining the Free French Forces as an officer in the 1st Commando Group (''1er groupe de commandos''). During the war, he fought in Italy; Vosges and Belfort, France; and Germany. He remained on active duty for seven years until becoming a captain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Beaussant
Philippe Beaussant (6 May 1930 – 8 May 2016) was a French musicologist and novelist, an expert on French baroque music, on which he has published widely. He was the founder of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, of which he was the artistic adviser of 1987 to 1996. He has also been a producer of musical programs for Radio France since 1974. His biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, ''Lully ou le musicien du soleil'' (Éditions Gallimard, 1992), was the basis of the film ''Le Roi Danse'' (2000). Beaussant won the 1993 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel ''Héloïse''. He was elected to seat 36 of the 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 membershi ... on 15 November 2007. References External linksBiography of Beaussant at the Fr ... [...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] |
Georges Suffert
Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 song originally recorded by Pat Simon and covered by Sylvie Vartan *Georges (store), a department store in Melbourne, Australia from 1880 to 1995 * Georges (''Green Card'' character) People with the surname * Eugenia Georges, American anthropologist *Karl Ernst Georges (1806–1895), German classical philologist and lexicographer, known for his edition of Latin-German dictionaries. See also *École secondaire Georges-P.-Vanier, a high school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada *École secondaire Georges-Vanier in Laval, Quebec, Canada * French cruiser ''Georges Leygues'', commissioned in 1937 * French frigate ''Georges Leygues'' (D640), commissioned in 1979 *George (other) *Georges Creek (other) *Georges Creek Coal and Iron Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Savatier
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Nucéra
Louis Nucéra (17 July 1928 – 9 August 2000) was an award-winning 20th-century French writer. He published his first novel ''L'obstiné'' in 1970. Biography As well as being a writer, Nucéra was a cyclist (he rode the same circuit as the 1949 Tour de France), a bank clerk, a journalist, a press secretary in a record company, and a literary director at JC Lattès. He recalls his childhood in Nice in ''Avenue des Diables bleus''. In 1991 he wrote ''Le ruban rouge'' which chronicles the life of Italian immigrants. In ''Mes ports d’attache'' he evokes his friendships with Cioran, Kessel, Picasso, Cocteau, Hardellet, Brassens and Moretti. Nucéra died on August 9, 2000, in the industrial zone of Carros when he was hit by a car while bike riding. Awards * 1981: Prix Interallié for ''Le Chemin de la Lanterne'' * 1991: Prix Jacques-Chardonne for ''Le ruban rouge'' * 1993: Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for the whole of his work Works * 1970: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Chapelain-Midy
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger D'Amécourt
Roger d'Amécourt is a French writer and publisher. Selected works *1987''Le Mariage de mademoiselle de La Verne : les avatars de la vertu'' Prix Ève Delacroix Le prix Ève-Delacroix is one of the prizes bestowed by the Académie française. The award which was established in 1977 by the Ève-Delacroix foundation is intended "for the author of a work (essay or novel) combining literary qualities with the ... 1988. References External links ''Le mariage de Mademoiselle de La Verne : les avatars de la vertu''on Library thing 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers French publishers (people) Possibly living people Year of birth missing Place of birth missing {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Georges Mac-Avoy
Édouard Georges Mac-Avoy (born 25 January 1905 – 26 September 1991) was a French artist and portraitist. Biography Studies Mac-Avoy's family descended from an Irish Catholic family that emigrated to France in the 17th century . Through his mother, Hélène de Cazalet, he also descended from a family of Huguenots from the Cévennes. Mac-Avoy studied in Switzerland where he received his baccalauréat. His artistic talent caused a brief hesitation between theatre and painting, but having chosen the latter, he entered the Académie Julian at the age of 18 and studied there with Paul Albert Laurens. In Paris, he frequented the house of Félix Vallotton and met Bonnard and Vuillard who showed an interest in his work. Career Mac-Avoy sold his first painting to the government when he was only 19 years old. It was exhibited at the Musée du Luxembourg. He then branched out into landscapes, urban scenes and portraits, before devoting himself almost exclusively to the latter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugues De Montalembert
Hugues de Montalembert, born 1943, is a French writer, painter, and documentary filmmaker, who lost his sight in a New York apartment burglary in 1978. Biography Hugues de Montalembert was born as the third of seven children into an aristocratic officer family from Normandy. His father Pierre Marie Charles François de Montalembert (1914–2009) was a retired Colonel of the French Army, and his mother Yolande FitzGerald (1916–2011) came from Ireland. Hugues de Montalembert grew up on the family estate, which has been family-owned for 300 years. He is the older brother of actor Thibault de Montalembert. In Paris, he studied law, but left the university without a diploma in 1968. Instead of pursuing a career in the military or banking sector as expected, he went to New York. In January 1970 he married the writer Idanna Pucci di Barsento in Florence. The couple lived in Bali for two years before separating in 1974, and divorcing in 1979. In 1976 de Montalembert returned to New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |