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Céline
Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name of Latin origin, coming from ''Caelīna'', the feminine form of the Roman cognomen ''Caelīnus'', meaning "heavenly". Behind the Name Its equivalent in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese is Celina. Céline was frequently chosen as a first name in honour of two saints closely associated with the of the French nation: Saint Célin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel '' Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Prix Renaudot'' but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his writing style based on working class speech. In subsequent novels such as ''Death on the Installment Plan'' (1936), ''Guignol's Band'' (1944) and '' Castle to Castle'' (1957) Céline further developed an innovative and distinctive literary style. Maurice Nadeau wrote: "What Joyce did for the English language…what the surrealists attempted to do for the French language, Céline achieved effortlessly and on a vast scale." From 1937 Céline wrote a series of antisemitic polemical works in which he advocated a military alliance with Nazi Germany. He continued to publicly espouse antisemitic views during the German occupation of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland. After learning to speak English, she signed on to Epic Records in the United States. In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, '' Unison'', establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey To The End Of The Night
''Journey to the End of the Night'' (french: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in the World War I, colonial Africa, the United States and the poor suburbs of Paris where he works as a doctor. The novel won the ''Prix Renaudot'' in 1932 but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his innovative writing style based on working class speech, slang and neologisms. It is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Background Céline began writing ''Journey to the End of the Night'', his first novel, in 1929 while he was working as a doctor in a public clinic in the working class Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Clichy. The novel draws on his experience in the French cavalry during World War One, his time in colonial Africa as an employee of a French forestry company, his 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Bara
Céline Bara, née Céline Szumigay, at Céline Bara Studio (9 September 1978) is a French retired . Biography Céline Bara was born in and grew up in the Parisian region. Her mother is of origin and she also has a grandfather.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Céline Figard
Céline Figard (; 23 May 1976 – 19 December 1995) was a French woman who went missing and was murdered during a visit to the United Kingdom in December 1995. She accepted a lift from a lorry driver at the Chieveley services on the M4 in Chieveley, Berkshire, on 19 December, but never arrived at her destination. Following an appeal for information on her whereabouts and police enquiries, her body was discovered on 29 December, at a lay-by on the A449 in Hawford, Worcestershire. A post-mortem examination determined she had been strangled and bludgeoned to death. The case received extensive news coverage in the UK around the Christmas and New Year period, amid fears that it could be linked to a series of killings around the English Midlands, which police called the work of a " Midlands Ripper". The murder investigation included the UK's first national DNA screening programme in the hunt for a murder suspect, covering over 5,000 people. Stuart William Morgan, a 36-year-old lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Degrange
Céline Degrange (born December 29, 1978, Moulins, Allier, France) is a retired French rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coor .... At the age of 13 and a half, she competed for France in the individual rhythmic gymnastics all-around competition at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She tied for 25th place in the qualification round and didn't advance to the final. She was the youngest in the competition. References External links at Sports-Reference.com 1978 births Living people French rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for France Sportspeople from Allier {{France-rhythmic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Buckens
Céline Buckens (born 9 August 1996) is a Belgian and British actress. After appearing in the film '' War Horse'' (2011), she went on to play Mia MacDonald in the Netflix series '' Free Rein'' (2017–2019) and Sophie Mercer in the Cinemax series '' Warrior'' (2020). For her performance in the BBC drama ''Showtrial'' (2021), she was nominated for a British Academy Television Award. She also starred in the Paramount+ drama '' The Ex-Wife'' (2022). Early life Buckens was born on 9 August 1996 in Brussels and moved to the England at a young age, where she grew up in Kensington, London. She attended Thomas's London Day School and St Mary's, Ascot. She then studied History at the London School of Economics and Political Science; she appeared in '' Free Rein'' while completing her course. Buckens was also a debutante at the Bal des débutantes in Paris. Career Buckens' acting career began when she portrayed Émilie in Steven Spielberg's 2011 film '' War Horse'', a role she wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Gittens
Céline Gittens is a Trinidadian ballerina. She is a principal dancer at the Birmingham Royal Ballet, in Birmingham, England. Life Gittens was born in Trinidad, where her mother was a ballet teacher; her father was an accountant. She began dancing when she was three years old. The family went to Canada when Gittens was nine, and from 2001 she trained at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia. Seeking a dance career in the United Kingdom, she joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet, in Birmingham in the West Midlands of England, in 2006. There she was made first artist in 2009, soloist in 2011, first soloist in 2015, and principal in July 2016. A photograph of her performance opposite Tyrone Singleton in ''Faster'' by David Bintley, director of the Birmingham company, appeared on the cover of '' Dance Europe'' magazine in the summer of 2012. On 5 October 2012, at the Birmingham Hippodrome in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham, Gittens became the first black bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Couderc
Céline Couderc (born 11 March 1983 in Avignon, Vaucluse) is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The ina ...: in 2004 and 2008. References * 1983 births Living people French female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France Sportspeople from Avignon European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Bonnier
Céline Bonnier (; born August 31, 1965) is a French Canadian actress from Quebec. She has been nominated for four awards including Genie Awards and Gemini Awards. Filmography * 1992: ''Tectonic Plates'' * 1994: '' The Wind from Wyoming (Le Vent du Wyoming)'' : "Manon Mentha" * 1994: '' Million Dollar Babies'' (TV) : "Elzire Dionne" * 1995: '' Le Sphinx'' : "Angie" * 1996: ''Caboose'' : "Camille" * 1997: '' Le Masque'' (série TV) : "Louise Gabriel" * 1997: '' The Assignment'' : "Carla" * 1998: ''La Femme Nikita'' (série télévisée) : ''Off Profile'': "Andrea Kosov" * 2000: '' Tag'' (série TV) : "Melanie Jobin" * 2000: ''The Orphan Muses (Les Muses orphelines)'' : "Martine Tanguay" * 2001: '' On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête)'' * 2002: '' Tag - Épilogue'' (série TV) : "Mélanie Jobin" * 2002: '' Le Dernier chapitre'' (feuilleton TV) : "Wendy Desbiens" * 2002: ''Random Passage'' (feuilleton TV) : "Ida Norris" * 2002: '' Le Dernier chapitre: La Suite'' (feuilleton TV) : "W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Gounder
Céline R. Gounder (born April 22, 1977) is an American physician and medical journalist who specializes in infectious diseases and global health. She was a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board transition team of then-incoming U.S. president Joe Biden. In 2022, she joined the Kaiser Family Foundation as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News. Early life Céline R. Gounder was born in the U.S. on April 22, 1977, the daughter of a French mother, Nicole Pantanelli, from Normandy and Raj Natarajan Gounder, a Tamil-Indian father from Perumpalayam near Erode. At age 16, she began attending Princeton University, and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in molecular biology. In 2000, she received a Master of Science degree in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with her thesis "Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for tuberculosis". At the University of Washington School of Medicine, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Cassone
Céline Cassone is a French-born ballerina dancing with the Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and Benjamin Millepied's Danses Concertantes Village Voice by Deborah Jowitt, December 12, 2008 at the during their 2008 seasons. She at the Conservatoire National d’Avignon and began her dance career at the |
