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Jean-François Fournier
Jean-François Fournier (born 12 January 1966, in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland) is a writer, playwright, poet and biographer Vaud. After a Degree in philosophy and letters from the Academy of Grenoble, he attended the University of Fribourg. He then decided to practice journalism and attended the Romand Training Centre for Journalists. He worked for the newspapers '' Le Nouveau Quotidien'' and '' Le Matin'' and then moved to Canada. He was awarded the first Prize of Poetry from the Vaud Association of Writers in 1983. He received the 1988 Journalism Award from the Council of Europe, and in 1998, the canton of Valais awarded him an award for his entire literary production. Publications * ''Alcools de Vienne'' (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1989 * ''Jacques, fils du tonnerre'' (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1994 * ''Triptyque'' (novel), Ed. l'Hexagone, Montréal, 1998 * ''Acqua alta'' (novel), L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 2000 * ''La nuit qui tua Juan Don'' (novel), L'Âge d'Homme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Fribourg
The University of Fribourg (; ) is a public university located in Fribourg, Switzerland. The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg. In 1763, an academy of law was founded by the state of Fribourg which formed the nucleus of the present law faculty. The University of Fribourg was finally created in 1889 by an Act of the parliament of the Swiss Canton of Fribourg. The University of Fribourg is Switzerland's only bilingual university and offers full curricula in both French and German, two of Switzerland's national languages. Students number about 10,000; there are about 200 tenured professors and 700 other academic teaching and research personnel. The Misericorde Campus, constructed between 1939 and 1942, was designed by the architects Honegger and Dumas, students of Swiss architect Le Corbusier. There are five faculties: Catholic theology, law, natural sciences, hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Nouveau Quotidien
''Le Nouveau Quotidien'' (NQ) was a French-language Swiss daily newspaper founded in September 1991, published out of Lausanne. It was published by Edipresse, with the French newspaper ''Libération'' and the media group Ringier also having financial interest and collaboration with its publication. It was a non-regional paper, aiming to cover the interests of French-speaking Switzerland. The editor-in-chief of the paper throughout most of its life was Jacques Pilet, who was replaced in 1997 by Alain Campiotti. Following financial difficulties that faced both papers, it was merged in March 1998 with the '' Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne'', its more conservative competitor, to form ''Le Temps.'' History Following the paper's announcement, it was heavily anticipated in Francophone Switzerland. Shortly after the announcement of the launch of the daily, two other papers, the '' Journal de Genève'' and the '' Gazette de Lausanne'' merged to form the ''Journal de Genève ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Matin (Switzerland)
(, ), on Sundays, is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published by Tamedia in Lausanne, Switzerland. The publication of the daily newspaper was stopped on 21 July 2018. The Sunday and on-line versions continue. History and profile was created in 1893, merging with the daily paper in 1896. In 1912, the paper was bought by , and became a politically independent informational paper, for a generalist audience with lower prices. It received a Sunday edition starting in 1914, . It was renamed as in 1972. With this rename the Sunday edition was changed to in 1972. It was completely renamed in 1984. This rename was done in an effort to make the paper seem less local, as the paper had not differentiated itself enough from another Lausanne paper, '' 24 heures''. Starting in 1986, it had two supplement magazines for its Sunday edition, and . The paper was a daily published in tabloid-format. Between 31 October 2005 and 25 September 2009, Edipresse also published , a fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egon Schiele
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painters, painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Gustav Klimt, a figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor to Schiele. Biography Early life Schiele was born in 1890 in Tulln, Lower Austria. His father, Adolf Schiele, the station master of the Tulln station in the Austrian Federal Railways, Austrian State Railways, was born in 1851 in Vienna to Karl Ludwig Schiele, a German from Ballenstedt and Aloisia Schimak; Egon Schiele's mother Marie, née Soukup, was born in 1861 in Český Krumlov (Krumau) to Franz Soukup, a Czech father from Mirkovice, and Aloisia Poferl, a Sudeten Germans, German Bohemian mother fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1994 to 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1995, and Formula One from to . Villeneuve won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Williams Racing, Williams, and won 11 Formula One Grands Prix, Grands Prix across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Villeneuve won the PPG Indy Car World Series, IndyCar World Series and the Indianapolis 500 in 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1995 with Team Green. Born in Quebec and raised in Monaco, Villeneuve is the son of former Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve and the nephew of racing driver Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953), Jacques-Joseph. Aged 17, he began racing under an Andorran license in Italy, progressing to Italian Formula Three Championship, Italian Formula Three a year later. He then moved to the higher-tier Formula Atlantic, Toyota Atlantic Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** Georgia House of Representatives, The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. * January 15 – 1966 Nigerian coup d'état: A bloody military coup is staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government and resulting in the death of Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. * January 17 ** The Nigerian coup is overturned by another faction of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
