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Éditions Julliard
Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard. Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the managing director, Christian Bourgois, took over the publishing house. Éditions Julliard was soon repurchased by the publishing house Presses de la Cité. Christian Bourgois created his own publishing house in 1966. In 1953, André Frank and Jean-Louis Barrault created the review of the Renaud-Barrault books (''Les Cahiers Renaud-Barrault''), published at Éditions Julliard until Julliard's death, then at Éditions Gallimard. Éditions Julliard was revived in 1988, when Christian Bourgois decided to appoint Élisabeth Gille as literary director. They sought out and published new talents, such as Lydie Salvayre and Régine Detambel, but also the great names of Éditions Julliard, like Françoise Sagan. Christian Bourgois and Élisabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editis
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] |
Laurent Bénégui
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Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planet (51) Nemausa *Laurent, South Dakota, a proposed town for the Deaf to be named for Laurent Clerc See also *Laurent series, in mathematics, representation of a complex function ''f(z)'' as a power series which includes terms of negative degree, named for Pierre Alphonse Laurent *Saint-Laurent (other) *Laurence (name), feminine form of "Laurent" *Lawrence (other) Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Robert
Denis Robert (born 9 May 1958) is a French investigative journalist, novelist and filmmaker. He formerly worked for twelve years for the newspaper ''Libération''. Robert's books, films and press interviews, denouncing the opaque workings of the Clearstream clearing house, earned him into more than 60 lawsuits in France, Belgium and Luxembourg by banks, such as Bank Menatep (a Russian bank) and BGL (BNP Paribas Fortis), as well as the Clearstream company. In 2008, he was involved in a polemic with Philippe Val (former director of the magazine ''Charlie Hebdo'') and journalist Edwy Plenel in relation to the Clearstream affair. On 3 February 2011, after ten years of litigation, Robert was cleared by the Court of Cassation of his conviction for both of his books ''Révélation$'' and ''La Boîte noire'', as well as for his documentary film ''Les Dissimulateurs''. Robert is also a painter, whose work is displayed in Paris art galleries. Biography Robert studied psychology and ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Teulé
Jean Teulé (26 February 1953 – 18 October 2022) was a French novelist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was the partner of actress Miou-Miou. Teulé’s book ''Le magasin des suicides'' ('' The Suicide Shop''), published in 2007, has been turned into a film called '' The Suicide Shop''. It screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, California, on 28 April 2013 and 2 May 2013. Teulé died from a cardiac arrest on 18 October 2022, at the age of 69. Works Books * ''Bloody Mary'', plot by Jean Vautrin, Glénat, 1984 * ''Filles de nuit'', Glénat, 1985 * ''Sita-Java'', plot by Gourio, Glénat, 1986 * ''Gens de France'', Casterman, 1988 * ''Zazou !'', Comixland, 1988 * ''Gens d'ailleurs'', Casterman, 1993 (two volume reissue of the one volume ''Gens de France et d'ailleurs'' by Ego comme X in 2005) * ''Rainbow pour Rimbaud'', Éditions Julliard, 1991 * ''L'Œil de Pâques'', Éditions Julliard, 1992 * ''Ballade pour un père oublié'', Éditions Julliard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazarine Pingeot
Mazarine Marie Pingeot (born 18 December 1974) who changed her name to Mazarine Marie Mitterrand Pingeot in November 2016, is a French writer, journalist and professor. Biography Pingeot is the daughter of former French president François Mitterrand and his mistress Anne Pingeot. She is said to be named after the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the oldest library in France, because of her parents' love for books. She could also be named after cardinal Mazarin, who was admired by her father. The existence of this daughter of president Mitterrand was long hidden from the press but was almost revealed by the French writer Jean-Edern Hallier. Ensuring confidentiality about it was one of the motivations behind some of the illegal wiretapping that Mitterrand ordered under the guise of fighting terrorism. She was a student first at the elite lycée Henri-IV in Paris and then at the École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud (now named the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon), a hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmina Khadra
Mohammed Moulessehoul ( ar, Ù…Øمد مولسهول; born January 10, 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra ( ar, ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. In his several writings on Algerian war, he has exposed the regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in the country's tragedy. Biography Early life, and short stories Moulessehoul was born in 1955 in Kénadsa, in the Algerian Sahara. His mother, of nomadic origins, was her tribe's "chief storyteller". His father, initially a nurse, joined the Algerian National L ... [...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] |
Françoise Sagan
Françoise Sagan (born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois characters. Her best-known novel was her first – '' Bonjour Tristesse'' (1954) – which was written when she was a teenager. Biography Early life and career Sagan was born on 21 June 1935 in Cajarc, Lot, and spent her early childhood in Lot, surrounded by animals, a passion that stayed with her throughout her life. Nicknamed 'Kiki', she was the youngest child of bourgeois parents – her father a company director, and her mother the daughter of landowners. Her family spent World War II (1939–1945) in the Dauphiné, then in the Vercors. Her paternal great-grandmother was Russian from Saint Petersburg. The family had a home in the prosperous 17th arrondissement of Paris, to which they returned after the war. Sagan was expelled from her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Besson
''Philippe Besson'' (born 29 January 1967 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente) is a French writer. Life In 1999, Besson, a law graduate, was inspired to write his first novel, ''En l'absence des hommes'' while reading of accounts of ex-servicemen during the First World War. The novel, with its daring inclusion of Marcel Proust as a central character, won the Prix Emmanuel Roblès. Besson's second novel, ''Son Frère'' was shortlisted for the Prix Femina, and adapted for cinema by Patrice Chéreau in 2003. The film was well received and won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. Works *''En l'absence des hommes'', Éditions Julliard, 2001, **''In the Absence of Men'', Heinemann 2003, translated by Frank Wynne, Carroll & Graf, 2003, *'' Son frère'', Julliard, 2001, **'' His Brother'' translated by Frank Wynne, Heinemann, 2004, * ''L'arrière saison'', Julliard, 2002, (inspired by Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks) * ''Un garçon d'Italie'', Julliard, 2003, (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régine Detambel
Régine Detambel is a French writer. She was born in 1963. She published her first book in 1990, and has written prolifically ever since. Her works have been published primarily by Julliard, Le Seuil and Gallimard. She has won the Prix Anna de Noailles, the Alain Fournier Prize, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is .... Works Fiction # L’Amputation, Julliard, 1990 # L’Orchestre et la Semeuse, Julliard, 1990 # La Modéliste, Julliard, 1990 # Le Long Séjour, Julliard, 1991 # La Quatrième Orange, Julliard, 1992 # Le Vélin, Julliard, 1993 # La Lune dans le rectangle du patio, Gallimard « Haute Enfance », 1994 # Le Jardin clos, Gallimard « Blanche », 1994 # Le Ventilateur, Gallimard « Blanche », 1995 # La Verrière, Gal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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