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Paul Greveillac
Paul Greveillac, sometimes spelled Gréveillac, (born 1981) is a French novelist and author of short stories. Paul Greveillac was awarded the prix Roger Nimier as well as the "Bourse de la Découverte de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco" for his first novel, ''Les Âmes rouges'', whose story takes place at the time of the Soviet Union. The main character is a censor, lover of cinema and literature. ''Les Âmes rouges'' was also noticed by the Académie Goncourt, which placed it on itlist of reading for the 2016 summer In April 2017, ''Cadence secrète. La vie invisible d'Alfred Schnittke'' was published by Gallimard. It is a fictionalized biography of late 20th century composer Alfred Schnittke. Works * 2014: ''Les Fronts clandestins. Quinze histoires de Justes'', Éditions , collection of short stories inspired by true stories of Righteous Among the Nations. * 2016: ''Les Âmes rouges'', Éditions Gallimard (collection Blanche), novel. * 2017: ''Cadence secrète. La vie in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Greveillac (2018)
Paul Greveillac, sometimes spelled Gréveillac, (born 1981) is a French novelist and author of short stories. Paul Greveillac was awarded the prix Roger Nimier as well as the "Bourse de la Découverte de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco" for his first novel, ''Les Âmes rouges'', whose story takes place at the time of the Soviet Union. The main character is a censor, lover of cinema and literature. ''Les Âmes rouges'' was also noticed by the Académie Goncourt, which placed it on itlist of reading for the 2016 summer In April 2017, ''Cadence secrète. La vie invisible d'Alfred Schnittke'' was published by Gallimard. It is a fictionalized biography of late 20th century composer Alfred Schnittke. Works * 2014: ''Les Fronts clandestins. Quinze histoires de Justes'', Éditions , collection of short stories inspired by true stories of Righteous Among the Nations. * 2016: ''Les Âmes rouges'', Éditions Gallimard (collection Blanche), novel. * 2017: ''Cadence secrète. La vie in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of record, along with ''Le Monde'' and ''Libération''. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "''Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur''" ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). With a centre-right editorial line, it is the largest national newspaper in France, ahead of ''Le Parisien'' and ''Le Monde''. In 2019, the paper had an average circulation of 321,116 copies per issue. The paper is published in Berliner format. Since 2012 its editor (''directeur de la rédaction'') has been Alexis Brézet. The newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group since 2004. Other Groupe Figaro publications include ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Births
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Roger Nimier Prize Winners
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French Short Story Writers
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French Male Short Story Writers
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21st-century French Novelists
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Prix Roger-Nimier
The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro. Recipients * 1963: Jean Freustié for ''La Passerelle'', Éditions Grasset * 1964: André de Richaud for ''Je ne suis pas mort'', Éditions France-Empire * 1966: Clément Rosset for ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés'', Éditions Gallimard * 1967: Éric Ollivier for ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'', Éditions Denoël * 1968: Patrick Modiano for '' La Place de l'étoile'', Gallimard * 1969: Michel Doury for ''L'Indo'', Éditions Julliard * 1970: Robert Quatrepoint for ''Mort d'un Grec'', Denoël * 1971: François Sonkin for ''Les Gendres'', Denoël * 1972: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne De Montety
Étienne de Montety (born 2 May 1965 in 15th arrondissement of Paris) is a French writer and journalist.Who's Who in France, édition 2008, page 1603 Biography Étienne de Montety studied at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, where he obtained a master's degree in law and political science and a postgraduate degree in political science. Deputy Editor-in-chief of ''Le Figaro'' and director of the '' Figaro littéraire'' (Supplement published on Thursday) since 2006, he led the pages "Debates Opinions" of the daily between 2008 and 2012. He runs a daily chronicle on the vocabulary entitled "Un Dernier mot". Works *1994: ''Thierry Maulnier'', biography, Éditions Julliard *1996: ''Salut à Kléber Haedens'', Éditions Grasset *2001: ''Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, un héros français'', Éditions Perrin – Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot, 2001 *2006: ''Des hommes irréguliers'', Perrin *2009: ''L'Article de la mort'', novel, Éditions Gallimard – Prix Èv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Roger Nimier
The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards (literary movement), Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro. Recipients * 1963: Jean Freustié for ''La Passerelle'', Éditions Grasset * 1964: André de Richaud for ''Je ne suis pas mort'', Éditions France-Empire * 1966: Clément Rosset for ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés'', Éditions Gallimard * 1967: Éric Ollivier for ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'', Éditions Denoël * 1968: Patrick Modiano for ''La Place de l'étoile (novel), La Place de l'étoile'', Gallimard * 1969: Michel Doury for ''L'Indo'', Éditions Julliard * 1970: Robert Quatrepoint for ''Mort d'un Grec'', Denoël * 1971: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with '' Libération'', and ''Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication '' Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collection Blanche
The Collection Blanche is the great Collection (publishing), collection of French literature published by the Éditions Gallimard. It appeared in 1911, and at the beginning was nourished by the publications of ''Nouvelle Revue Française, La Nouvelle Revue française'' (''La NRF''), the brand "Librairie Gallimard" appeared only after July 1919.Henri Vignes et Pierre Boudrot, ''Bibliographie des éditions de La Nouvelle Revue française'', Paris, Henri Vigne & Éditions des Cendres, 2011, , page 7-18. Since its creation, "La Blanche", which takes its name from the cream color of its cover, has published 6500 titles, of which 3800 are still available today. In addition to the "NRF" logo originally designed by Jean Schlumberger (writer), Jean Schlumberger, the graphic charter of this collection - a black border surrounding two red edges - is inspired by the éditions de , with its first title, ''L'Otage'' by Paul Claudel, published 26 May 1911. Apart from classic literature like ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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