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Contemporary French Literature
This article is about French literature from the year 2000 to the present day. Overview The economic, political and social crises of contemporary France -terrorism, violence, immigration, unemployment, racism, etc.—and (for some) the notion that France has lost its sense of identity and international prestige—through the rise of American hegemony, the growth of Europe and of global capitalism ()—have created what some critics (like Nancy Huston) have seen as a new form of detached nihilism, reminiscent of the 50s and 60s (Samuel Beckett, Beckett, Emil Cioran, Cioran). The best known of these authors is Michel Houellebecq, whose ''Atomised'' () was a major international phenomenon. These tendencies have also come under attack. In one of her essays, Nancy Huston criticises Houellebecq for his nihilism; she also makes an acerbic censure of his novels in her work ''The teachers of despair'' (). Although the contemporary social and political context can be felt in recent wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Literature
French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by French people, French citizens; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in the French language by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, etc. is referred to as Francophone literature. For centuries, French literature has been an object of national pride for French people, and it has been one of the most influential aspects of the literature of Europe. France ranks first on the list of Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prizes in literature by country. One of the first known examples of French literature is the The Song of Roland, Song of Roland, the first major work in a series of poems known as, "Chanson de geste, chansons de geste". The French language is a Romance languages, Romance language derived from Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Wiazemsky
Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's '' Au hasard Balthazar'' (1966). A year later she married the director Jean-Luc Godard and appeared in several of his films, including '' La Chinoise'' (1967), '' Week End'' (1967), and '' One Plus One'' (1968). Her maternal grandfather was the novelist and dramatist François Mauriac. Early life Wiazemsky was born on 14 May 1947 in Berlin, Germany. Her father Yvan Wiazemsky, a French diplomat, was a Russian prince who had emigrated to France following the Russian Revolution. Her mother Claire Mauriac was the daughter of François Mauriac, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wiazemsky spent her early years abroad following her father's postings around the world, including Geneva and Caracas; she returned to Paris in 1962. She graduated from the high school Ecole Sainte Marie de Passy in Paris. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (, ) is a writer and professor of French origin who emigrated to Mexico in his youth. He was born in Grenoble, France, in 1959 and left it in 1975. Jeannet earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in comparative literature at the University of Grenoble.Fall 2004 faculty biographies: Cooper Union Cooper Union He then lived in London until 1977 before moving to Mexico. He currently lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Jeannet lived and lectured in New York from 1996 to 2004 at Montclair State University and later Cooper Union. He later lived in Wellington, New Zealand, from 2005 to 2008 as a professor of literature at the Victoria University of Wellington. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Quintane
Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English-speaking countries. Notable people with the name include: * Nathalie (born 1979), Italian singer * Nathalie Baye, French actress * Nathalie Boltt, South African actress * Nathalie Carrasco, French chemist and professor of astronomy and astrophysics * Nathalie Dechy, French former tennis player * Nathalie Delon (1941–2021), French actress and film director * Nathalie Des Rosiers (born 1959), Canadian politician * Nathalie Doummar, Canadian playwright and actress * Nathalie Eisenbaum, French mathematician * Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress * Nathalie Ferlut, French comics cartoonist * Nathalie Japkowicz, Canadian computer scientist * Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian-Australian actress * Nathalie Lahdenmäki, Finnish ceramic artist and designer * Nathalie Schenck Laimbeer, American banker * Nathalie de Leon, Filipino-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pennequin
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (< Latin ''-us'', see Spanish/ Portuguese ''Carlos''). According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-European studies, Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Charles is "old man", from Proto-Indo-European language, Indo-European *wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Bouvet
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin *Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman *Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward *Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender *John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick * Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick Mult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloé Delaume
Chloé Delaume (; born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French writer. She is also an editor and, more occasionally, a performer, musician, and singer. Her literary work, largely autobiographical, focuses on the practice of experimental literature, feminism and the issue of autofiction. Biography Born in 1973 to a French mother and a Lebanese father, Chloé Delaume spent part of her childhood in Beirut, where the Lebanese Civil War that began in 1975 eventually destroyed her home. In 1983, at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mother, and then kill himself. She is the niece of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. She then went to live with her grandparents, and later with her uncle and aunt. Wanting to become a teacher like her mother, she enrolled in the Modern Literature program at University of Paris X: Nanterre, Université de Paris X until her master's degree, and began an unfinished thesis on Pataphysics in the works of Boris Vian. Disillusioned with the academic syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Cadiot
Olivier Cadiot (born 1956) is a French writer, poet, dramatist and translator. Cadiot was born in Paris. His first book of poems, ''L'Art poetic,'' in which he used the cut-up technique, was published in 1988. In 1993, Cadiot published ''Futur, ancient, fugitive'', and in 1997 he published ''Le Colonel des zouaves''. In these books he proposed novels as poems. In 1995 and 1996 he coedited the ''Revue de Littérature générale'' with Pierre Alféri. Biography From his first works published by P.O.L. to writing for the theater with Ludovic Lagarde, opera librettos for Pascal Dusapin and translations of biblical texts (Book of Hosea, Psalms, Song of Songs) and Gertrude Stein. For a number of years, he has been passing on his own texts in readings at national drama centers and the Théâtre national de la Colline. His writing is strongly influenced by the literary avant-gardes of the 20th century: Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, William S. Burroughs, among others.Like many writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Tarkos
Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (name), list of people with this given name or surname * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic strip artist and botanist who published under the pseudonym Christophe Other uses * Christophe (Amsterdam), restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands * 1698 Christophe Events January–March * January 1 – The Abenaki tribe and Massachusetts colonists sign a treaty, ending the conflict in New England. * January 4 – The Palace of Whitehall in London, England is destroyed by fire. * January 23 – ..., asteroid {{Disambiguation, human name, surname Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Espitallier
Jean-Michel is a French masculine given name. It may refer to : * Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française * Jean-Michel Atlan (1913–1960), French artist * Jean-Michel Aulas (born 1949), French businessman * Jean-Michel Badiane (born 1983), French football defender of Senegalese descent * Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), American artist * Jean-Michel Bayle (born 1969), semi-retired French professional motorcycle racer * Jean-Michel Baylet (born 1946), French politician, Senator, and leader of the Radical Party * Jean-Michel Bazire (born 1971), French harness racing driver * Jean-Michel Bellot (born 1953), retired French male pole vaulter * Jean-Michel Berthelot (1945–2006), French sociologist, philosopher, epistemologist and social theorist * Jean-Michel Bertrand (1943–2008) * Jean-Michel Beysser (1753–1794), French general * Jean-Michel Bismut (born 1948), French mathematician * Jean-Michel Bokamba-Yangouma, Congolese politician * Jean-Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Foenkinos
David Foenkinos, born 28 October 1974 in Paris, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who studied both literature and music in Paris. His novel ''La délicatesse'' is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was released in December 2011, with Audrey Tautou as the main character. His novels have appeared in over forty languages,Frank Quilitzsch, Lesung aus ‘Zum Glück Pauline’ in Anwesenheit des Autors', Thüringische Landeszeitung, 13 September 2013. Accessed 15 July 2023. and in 2014 he was awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel ''Charlotte''. Biography Early years Growing up in a home with few books and often absent parents, David Foenkinos read and wrote little during his childhood. At 16, he required emergency surgery as a result of a rare pleural infection and spent several months recuperating in hospital, where he began to devour books, learning to paint and play the guitar. From this experience, he says, he kept a drive for life, a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Littell
Jonathan Littell (born October 10, 1967) is a writer living in Barcelona. His first novel written in French, '' The Kindly Ones'' (2006; ''Les Bienveillantes''), won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l'Académie française. Littell grew up in France and the United States and is a citizen of both countries. After acquiring his bachelor's degree, he worked for a humanitarian organisation for nine years, leaving his job in 2001 in order to concentrate on writing. Early life and career Littell is the son of author Robert Littell. Although his grandparents were Jews who emigrated from Russia to the United States at the end of the 19th century, Littell does not define himself as a Jew "at all," and is quoted as saying, "for me Judaism is more fa historical background." Born in New York City, Littell arrived in France at age three, then completed part of his education in his native country from age 13 to 16, before returning to France to achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
