• Thumbnail for Jean Rouaud
    Jean Rouaud (born 13 December 1952) is a French author, who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory (French: Les Champs...
    2 KB (157 words) - 09:49, 24 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jean-Baptiste Andrea
    Jean-Baptiste Andrea (born 4 April 1971) is a French novelist, film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Cannes, where he started making short films...
    3 KB (190 words) - 10:32, 8 October 2024
  • several young French authors such as Jean Echenoz, soon joined by Jean-Philippe Toussaint (from Belgium), Jean Rouaud, Marie NDiaye, Patrick Deville, Éric...
    6 KB (666 words) - 08:00, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Simone de Beauvoir
    accused of sexually abusing some of her students. She and her long-time lover, Jean-Paul Sartre, along with numerous other French intellectuals, campaigned for...
    65 KB (7,261 words) - 17:24, 11 October 2024
  • Jean Rouaud, Les Champs d'honneur Prix Décembre: François Maspero, Les Passagers du Roissy–Express Prix Médicis French: Les Quartiers d'hiver – Jean-Noël...
    18 KB (1,798 words) - 19:01, 10 July 2024
  • the second half of the 20th century. He was married to Lesley Blanch, then Jean Seberg. Gary was born Roman Kacew (Yiddish: רומן קצב‎ Roman Katsev, Russian:...
    22 KB (2,437 words) - 18:33, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brittany
    Segalen, Xavier Grall, Jean Rouaud, Irène Frain, Herve Jaouen, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Pierre-Jakez Hélias, Tristan Corbière, Paul Féval, Jean Guéhenno, Arthur...
    129 KB (14,709 words) - 12:06, 14 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Michel Houellebecq
    selected excerpts from his poetry. Two of them were recorded with composer Jean-Jacques Birgé: Le sens du combat (1996, Radio France) and Établissement d'un...
    47 KB (5,149 words) - 22:48, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marcel Proust
    either knew or suspected it. In 1897, he even fought a duel with writer Jean Lorrain, who publicly questioned the nature of Proust's relationship with...
    40 KB (4,667 words) - 05:59, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marguerite Duras
    Lover. A film version of The Lover, produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, was released in 1992. Duras's novel The Sea Wall was first...
    30 KB (3,291 words) - 22:27, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Amin Maalouf
    Egyptian of Turkish origin, his father a Greek Catholic in 1949 in Lebanon... Jean-Claude Raspiengeas (20 April 2019). "Amin Maalouf, un Levantin désorienté"...
    18 KB (1,065 words) - 15:25, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Patrick Modiano
    Jean Patrick Modiano (French: [ʒɑ̃ patʁik mɔdjano]; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014...
    27 KB (3,235 words) - 04:40, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    14 KB (1,169 words) - 17:14, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prix Goncourt
    Haziot, Le Roman des Rouart 2013 – Pascal Mérigeau, Jean Renoir 2014 – Jean Lebrun, Notre Chanel 2015 – Jean-Christophe Attias, Moïse fragile 2016 – Philippe...
    57 KB (3,189 words) - 21:39, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for André Malraux
    Demetrios Galanis, Max Jacob, François Mauriac, Guy de Pourtalès, André Salmon, Jean Cocteau, Raymond Radiguet, Florent Fels, Pascal Pia, Marcel Arland, Edmond...
    54 KB (6,794 words) - 15:02, 13 October 2024
  • 1995 Samuel Beckett: Eleutheria. 1996 Jean Rouaud: Of Illustrious Men. 1996 Nathalie Sarraute: Here. 1997 Jean Rouaud: The World, More or Less. 1997 Stefan...
    14 KB (1,446 words) - 20:23, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jean-Christophe Rufin
    Jean-Christophe Rufin (born 28 June 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger...
    8 KB (839 words) - 17:28, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Elsa Triolet
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    6 KB (682 words) - 05:50, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jean-Paul Dubois
    Jean-Paul Dubois (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl dybwa]; born 1950 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt...
    4 KB (364 words) - 23:33, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tahar Ben Jelloun
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    13 KB (1,257 words) - 11:49, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nicolas Mathieu (writer)
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    6 KB (451 words) - 05:16, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Yann Queffélec
    Richard (1 May 1985). "Is it passé to be enagé?". New York Times. Lamy, Jean-Claud (31 July 2008). "Yann Queffélec: une gueule d'écrivain" (in French)...
    4 KB (184 words) - 07:44, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hervé Le Tellier
    included Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, Jacques Roubaud, Jean Lescure and Harry Mathews. He won the 2020 Prix Goncourt for The Anomaly...
    7 KB (700 words) - 02:18, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jean-Luc Raharimanana
    in Pour une littérature-monde, sous la direction de Michel Le Bris et Jean Rouaud. Paris: Gallimard, 2007. "Sur le bord des lèvres" in Riveneuve Continents...
    8 KB (674 words) - 08:39, 4 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Leïla Slimani
    was rejected by publishers. In 2013, Slimani took a writing workshop by Jean-Marie Laclavetine, a novelist and editor at Gallimard. He took an interest...
    16 KB (1,597 words) - 17:04, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Andreï Makine
    sur l'œuvre d'Andreï Makine Autour de l'œuvre d'Andreï Makine (in French) Jean-Louis Tallon (2002). "Andreï Makine: L'écriture est une vision (a short biography...
    9 KB (1,000 words) - 14:12, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Patrick Chamoiseau
    was the co-author of Éloge de la créolité (In Praise of Creoleness) with Jean Bernabé and Raphaël Confiant. Chamoiseau has received several awards. In...
    12 KB (1,464 words) - 18:59, 29 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Érik Orsenna
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    4 KB (319 words) - 15:48, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Atiq Rahimi
    "Syngué Sabour" or The Patience Stone from a screenplay he co-authored with Jean-Claude Carrière. The film, starring Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani,...
    9 KB (911 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jonathan Littell
    1986 Michel Host 1987 Tahar Ben Jelloun 1988 Érik Orsenna 1989 Jean Vautrin 1990 Jean Rouaud 1991 Pierre Combescot 1992 Patrick Chamoiseau 1993 Amin Maalouf...
    14 KB (1,432 words) - 08:19, 25 May 2024