Saverne
Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (27& ...
) is a French writer and bibliographer.
Origin and biography
Born in
Alsace
Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsà ss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
Dabo
is a Japanese hip-hop rapper. He first appeared on the Japanese hip-hop scene in the 1990s, collaborating in a Shakkazombie song, ''"Tomo ni ikkou"''. Since 2002, he has released three albums: ''Hitman'' (2002), ''Diamond'' (2003), and ''The For ...
Fribourg
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, then a student in classical literature in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
and The Sorbonne, he became an auxiliary master of Latin and ancient Greek in
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...
, but must quickly leave teaching.
Ancient books
In 1967–1968, he became a bookseller of
used book
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Used books typically become available on the market when they are sold or given to a sec ...
s, after reading a small advertisement. In 1971 he opened his own shop. He has lived since 1976 in a manor house of
Nivernais
Nivernais (, ) was a province of France, around the city of Nevers, which forms the modern department of Nièvre. It roughly coincides with the former Duchy of Nevers.peddler literature, roman noir, literary cranks, or else neo-Latin poetry in Europe from the XVIth to the XIXe.
He is an expert at the Court of Appeal of
Bourges
Bourges () is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.
History
The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, t ...
paraliterature
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The term ...
Louise Michel
Louise Michel (; 29 May 1830 – 9 January 1905) was a teacher and important figure in the Paris Commune. Following her penal transportation to New Caledonia she embraced anarchism. When returning to France she emerged as an important French a ...
, as well as various other forgotten works. As an editor, he published collections by , ,
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière (; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing '' Heureux Anniversaire'' (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary ...
,
John Roman Baker
John Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist.
Theatre
His first play 'Limitations' launched the first season of the Gay Sweatshop Theatre company. In 1989, his play 'Crying Celibate Tears' was presented at the Sussex Aids Cent ...
, ,
Jean-Pierre Luminet
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and
Jules Roy
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.
Literature and bibliography
In 1989, the
Éditions Belfond
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History
Editis was created in January 2004 by the reg ...
published his ''Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus'', a bibliographic catalog of an important collection of
gastronomy
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books. In 1992, he wrote the catalog Kilian Fritsch, a book collector on wine and oenology, whose library was scattered during a sale organized by Guy Loudmer in 1993.
In 2000, he became a writer, his first novel was a detective one. He is also a chronicler at
France Musique
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Hist ...
Men's Journal
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'' and '' Lire'' and since 2012 at ''Lire''Fiche journaliste on the website of ''L’Express''. He has a correspondence with
Jim Harrison
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which partly appeared in ''Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand'' in 2001.
Publications
*1972: ''De
Horace Walpole
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He had Strawb ...
Bibliothèque bleue
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Rouen
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et
Caen
Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Louise Michel
Louise Michel (; 29 May 1830 – 9 January 1905) was a teacher and important figure in the Paris Commune. Following her penal transportation to New Caledonia she embraced anarchism. When returning to France she emerged as an important French a ...
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 reg ...
Auguste Poulet-Malassis
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Biography
In his short six ...
Éditions Gallimard
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Founded by Ga ...
*2000: ''Pera Palas'', Le Cherche-midi
*2002: ''Palomas Canyon'', Le Cherche-midi
*2002: ''Bibliothèque bachique de M. Bernard Chwartz'', Books and ancient and modern documents on wine, viticulture and
oenology
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, Paris
*2002: ''Salami'',
Actes Sud
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, (in collab. with
Hans Gissinger
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)
*2003: ''La vie est un tango'', collection of his chronicles broadcast on France Musique from 2001 to 2003,
Flammarion Flammarion may refer to:
* Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author
* Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion
* Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...
*2004: ''Retour à Zornhof'', Grasset et Fasquelle, (
Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt.
The name derives from ...
Prix Alexandre-Vialatte
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Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
''Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace'', commonly known as ''DNA'', is a regional daily French newspaper covering the Alsace region.
History and profile
''DNA'' was created in November 1877 as ''Neueste Nachrichten'' by German Heinrich Ludwig Kays ...