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Valéry Larbaud
Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet. Life He was born in Vichy, the only child of a pharmacist Nicolas Larbaud and Isabelle Bureau des Étivaux. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner of the '' Vichy Saint-Yorre'' mineral water springs, and the family fortune assured him an easy life. He travelled Europe in style. On luxury liners and the Orient Express he carried off the dandy role, with spa visits to nurse fragile health. ''Poèmes par un riche amateur'', published in 1908, received Octave Mirbeau's vote for ''prix Goncourt''. Three years later, his novel '' Fermina Márquez'', inspired by his days as a boarder at Sainte-Barbe-des-Champs at Fontenay-aux-Roses, had some ''prix Goncourt'' votes in 1911 but did not win; nonetheless, it is still considered to be a minor classic of French literature and one of Larbaud's best known works. He spoke six languages including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles-Louis Philippe
Charles-Louis Philippe (; 4 August 1874 – 21 December 1909) French novelist, was born in Cérilly, Allier, Auvergne (region), Auvergne, on 4 August 1874, and died in Paris on 21 December 1909. Life Son of a village clogmaker, Charles-Louis Philippe rose from his modest background first to secondary education via a grant, then to the world of letters. However, he remained attached to the class of his birth. He wrote to the bourgeois writer and politician Maurice Barrès... Philippe passed the Baccalaureat in science in 1891, but failed in his attempts to enter the specialist colleges in Paris (École polytechnique, École centrale). He eventually obtained a modest office job in the administration of Paris, which allowed him to settle in the capital and pursue his vocation as a writer. Among his literary friends and admirers would be Paul Claudel, Léon-Paul Fargue, André Gide, Jean Giraudoux, Francis Jammes, Valery Larbaud. Works After a short period writing poetry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 Births
Events January * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The Chilean army defeats Peruvian forces. * January 15 – War of the Pacific – Battle of Miraflores: The Chileans take Lima, capital of Peru, after defeating its second line of defense in Miraflores. * January 24 – William Edward Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, introduces his Coercion Bill, which temporarily suspends habeas corpus so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial; it goes through a long debate before it is accepted February 2. Note that Coercion bills had been passed almost annually in the 19th century, with a total of 105 such bills passed from 1801 to 1921. * January 25 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. February * Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Rolin (writer)
Jean Philippe Rolin (born 14 June 1949, Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer and journalist. He received the Albert Londres Prize for journalism in 1988, and his novel ''L'organisation'' received the Medicis award in 1996. His brother Olivier Rolin is also a writer. As students, Rolin and his brother participated in the May 1968 uprising. Bibliography * ''Journal de Gand aux Aléoutiennes'' (Roger Nimier Prize 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 move ... 1982) * ''L'Or du scaphandrier'', 1983 * ''Vu sur la mer'', 1986 * ''La Ligne de Front'' (Prix Albert Londres 1988) * ''La Frontière belge'', 1989 * ''Chemins d'eau'', 1992 * ''Cyrille et Méthode'', 1994 * ''Joséphine'', 1994 * ''Zones'', 1995 * ''L'Organisation'' (Prix Médicis 1996) * ''Traverses'', 1999 * ''Camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Carrère
Emmanuel Carrère (; born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insurance executive and his mother, historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (born Hélène Zourabichvili, the daughter of Georgia (country), Georgian émigrés), was a member and perpetual secretary of the Académie française and former member of the European Parliament. She was a cousin of President of Georgia, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. Carrère has two sisters: Nathalie, a lawyer, and Marina Carrère d'Encausse, Marina, a doctor, TV presenter and novelist. He is the nephew of composer Nicolas Zourabichvili and cousin of philosopher François Zourabichvili. Studies Carrère studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and Sciences Po (the Paris Institute of Political Studies). Career As an alternative to military service, Carrère taugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Réda
Jacques Réda (24 January 1929 – 30 September 2024) was a French poet, jazz critic, and ''flâneur''. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1983, and was chief editor of the ''Nouvelle Revue Française ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' (; "The New French Review") is a literary magazine based in France. In France, it is often referred to as the ''NRF''. History and profile The magazine was founded in 1909 by a group of intellectuals including And ...'' from 1987 to 1996. Réda died on 30 September 2024, at the age of 95. Works *''Amen'' (1968) *''Récitatif'' (1971) *''Les Ruines de Paris'' (1977) (''The Ruins of Paris'', trans. Mark Treharne, Reaktion Books, London, 1996) *''L’Improviste, une lecture du jazz'' (1980) *''L’Herbe des talus'' (1984) *''Celle qui vient à pas légers'' (1985) *''Jouer le jeu (L’Improviste II)'' (1985) *''Retour au calme'' (1989) (''Return to Calm'', trans. by Aaron Prevots, 2007, Host Publications, Inc.) *''Le Sens de la marche'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Carroll (born 1956), English musician and composer * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie Charles Abrial (1879–1962), French Admiral and Minister of Marine of France * Jean-Marie Andre (1944–2023), Belgian scientist * Jean-Marie Auberson (1920–2004), Swiss conductor and violinist * Jean-Marie Balestre (1921–2008), president of FISA * Jean-Marie Basset (born 1943), French chemist * Jean-Marie Beaupuy (born 1943), French politician * Jean-Marie Benjamin, a priest * Jean-Marie Beurel (1813–1872), French Roman Catholic priest * Jean-Marie Bockel (born 1950), French politician * Jean-Marie Boisvert (born 1939), Canadian politician * Jean-Marie Buchet, Belgian film director * Jean-Marie Cavada (born 1940), French politician * Jean-Marie Charpentier (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prix Valery Larbaud
The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have loved". It is always awarded in Vichy on the last weekend in May. Prize winners Winners: * 1967 – Michel Dard, ''Mélusine'' * 1968 – Robert Levesque, ''Les Bains d'Estramadure'' * 1969 – Claude Roy, ''Le verbe Aimer et autres essais'' * 1970 – Henri Thomas, ''La Relique'' * 1971 – Guy Rohou, ''Le Bateau des Iles'' * 1972 – J.M.G. Le Clézio and Frida Weissman for all their works * 1973 – Georges Perros, ''Papiers collés I, II'' * 1974 – Pierre Leyris, for translations of William Blake's works * 1975 – Muriel Cerf, ''Le Diable vert'' * 1976 – Marcel Thiry, ''Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver'' * 1977 – Jean Blot, ''Les Cosmopolites'' and Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix National Des Lettres
The grand prix national des Lettres () was created in 1950 by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize writers who have contributed to the influence of French literature. It has not been awarded since 1999. List of laureates * 1951: Émile Chartier, known as Alain * 1952: Valery Larbaud * 1953: Henri Bosco * 1954: André Billy * 1955: Jean Schlumberger * 1956: Alexandre Arnoux * 1957: Louis Martin-Chauffier * 1958: Gabriel Marcel * 1959: Saint-John Perse * 1960: Marcel Arland * 1961: Gaston Bachelard * 1962: Pierre-Jean Jouve * 1963: Jacques Maritain * 1964: Jacques Audiberti * 1965: Henri Michaux (refused) * 1966: Julien Green * 1967: Louis Guilloux * 1968: Jean Grenier * 1969: Jules Roy * 1970: Maurice Genevoix * 1971: Jean Cassou * 1972: Henri Petit * 1973: Jacques Madaule * 1974: Marguerite Yourcenar * 1975: André Dhôtel * 1976: Armand Lunel * 1977: Philippe Soupault * 1978: Roger Caillois * 1979: Marcel Brion * 1980: Michel Leiris (refused) * 1981: Pierre Klo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphasia
Aphasia, also known as dysphasia, is an impairment in a person's ability to comprehend or formulate language because of dysfunction in specific brain regions. The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in developed countries. Aphasia can also be the result of brain tumors, epilepsy, autoimmune neurological diseases, brain infections, or neurodegenerative diseases (such as dementias). To be diagnosed with aphasia, a person's language must be significantly impaired in one or more of the four aspects of communication. In the case of progressive aphasia, a noticeable decline in language abilities over a short period of time is required. The four aspects of communication include spoken language production, spoken language comprehension, written language production, and written language comprehension. Impairments in any of these aspects can impact functional communication. The difficulties o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiplegia
Hemiparesis, also called unilateral paresis, is the weakness of one entire side of the body ('' hemi-'' means "half"). Hemiplegia, in its most severe form, is the complete paralysis of one entire side of the body. Either hemiparesis or hemiplegia can result from a variety of medical causes, including congenital conditions, trauma, tumors, traumatic brain injury and stroke.Detailed article about hemiparesis at Disabled-World.com Signs and symptoms Different types of hemiparesis can impair different bodily functions. Some effects, such as weakness or partial paralysis of a limb on the affected side, are generally always to be expected. Other impairments can appear, upon external examination, to be unrelated to the limb weakness, but are nevertheless also caused by damage to t ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
