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Follet Publishers
Follet may refer to: Surname: *Michel Follet (born 1959), Flemish radio and TV host and a film critic *Nelson le Follet, stage name of Bartolomeo Viganego (1859–1943), Italian illusionist, impersonator and acrobat *René Follet (1931–2020), Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist * Simone Follet (1935–2021), French epigrapher and scholar of Roman Athens Given name: *Dewey Follet Bartlett (1919–1979), American politician, 19th Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971 *Clyde Follet Seavey (1904–1991), American artist Feu: * Feu follet the Brazilian equivalent of the will-o'-the-wisp *Le Feu follet (The Fire Within), a 1963 French drama film directed by Louis Malle * Le feu follet (novel), a 1931 novel by the French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Other: *Le Follet, Parisian fashion magazine, published weekly from November 1829 to 1892 *French submarine Follet (Q7), early submarine built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century See also *Follett (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Follet
Michel Follet (born 16 December 1959) is a Flemish radio and TV host and a film critic. Follet started his radio career for VRT as a disc jockey on Radio 2 in 1982. In 1992 Follet co-founded Radio Donna and presented the show ''Jabbedabbedoe''. Between 1994 and 2015 he was film critic for the regional channel ATV in Antwerp. In 1996 Follet provided the VRT television commentary for the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest (alongside Johan Verstreken) when regular commentator André Vermeulen was unable to make it to Oslo to commentate. In addition Follet has provided the VRT Radio commentary every year since the 1997 Contest and in 1999 he won the Eurovision Song Contest awards. Currently he host the radio programme: "Michel XXL" on JOE fm alongside Hijlco Span. He currently lives in Mortsel Mortsel () is a city and municipality close to the city of Antwerp located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the city of Mortsel proper. In 2021, Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Le Follet
Nelson Le Follet, stage name of Bartolomeo Viganego, also known as Enrico or Enrichetto (14 May 1859 in San Fruttuoso – 20 September 1943 in Chiavari), was an Italian illusionist, impersonator and acrobat. Biography During Le Follet's youth, he had been an athlete of the Christopher Columbus Gymnastics Society, thus dedicating himself to performing acrobatic acts in famous circuses of the time, such as the Parish Circus, under the name of the "Red Devil". His background as a Viganego gymnast, allowed him to perform mostly as an antipodean, as an expert of the circus art in juggling various objects with his feet, laying on his back and keeping his legs up in the air, more or less, vertically. He dedicated himself to pantomime, transforming and illusionist shows in Italian Theatres (such as the Venetian Malibran), French and Spanish Theatres, with his own company, "Troupe Nelson". In 1898-99, in his shows, he used a projecting machine, made by the brothers Auguste and Louis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Follet
René Follet (10 April 1931 – 13 March 2020), sometimes known by the pen name Ref, was a Belgian illustrator, comics writer and artist. Biography René Follet was born in Brussels in 1931.De Weyer, Geert (2005). "René Follet". In België gestript, pp. 110-111. Tielt: Lannoo. His first publication appeared when he was 14, illustrating a promotional issue of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''Treasure Island'' for Aiglon, a chocolate factory. In 1949, he started working for the two main Franco-Belgian comics magazines of that time, '' Tintin'' and '' Spirou''. For both, he collaborated on the series of 4-page historical stories which functioned as a starting point for many young artists like Jean Graton and Hermann Huppen. He also provided numerous illustrations for both magazines, as well as books for Casterman publishing. In his long cartooning career, spanning over 50 years, Follet never had a long-running or particularly successful series, but his many shorter series and one-shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Follet
Simone Follet (23 January 1935 – 16 February 2021) was a French epigrapher and philologist, specialising in Roman Greece, especially Athens. Life Follet attended lycée at Mâcon and at Versailles. In 1955, she enrolled in the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in Sèvres, studying literature. After her graduation in 1958, Follet worked at the University of Clermont-Ferrand until 1961, when she returned to the École normale supérieure to study Ancient Greek philology and literature. In 1975, Follet became the adjunct director of the École normale supérieure, a post which she retained until 1987. From 1981 to 1985, she was also the director of a CNRS project called "Etude de textes sophistiques et techniques tardifs" (Study of Sophistic Texts and Late Techniques), based at the École normale supérieure. In this role, she was noted for her mentorship of younger female scholars of Classical philology. She was then a professor at Caen, Nanterre, and Paris-Sorbonne. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewey Follet Bartlett
Dewey Follett Bartlett Sr. (March 28, 1919 – March 1, 1979) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his fellow Republican, Henry Bellmon. In 1966, he became the first Roman Catholic elected governor of Oklahoma, defeating the Democratic nominee, Preston J. Moore of Oklahoma City. He was defeated for reelection in 1970 by Tulsa attorney David Hall in the closest election in state history. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served one term. In 1978, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and did not run for reelection that year. He died of complications of lung cancer two months after retiring from the Senate in 1979.Burke, Bob. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Bartlett, Dewey Follett (1919 - 1979)." Retrieved November 23, 201 Early life Dewey Follett Bartlett was born to David A. and Jessie Bartlett in Marietta, Ohio, and attended schools in Marietta and Lawrenceville, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Follet Seavey
Clyde Follet Seavey (June 23, 1904 – 1991) was an American artist. Seavey was born in Sacramento, California. His father was a city official in Sacramento. Seavey married a Peruvian woman named Adele de Izcue. Together, they had a son named Clyde Izcue Seavey Jr. Adele de Izcue died in 2001. Both Seavey's wife and only child were often subjects in his drawings and paintings. Seavey attended UC Berkeley. Here, he won a scholarship to attend the California College of Arts & Crafts California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996 it opened a second campus in San .... After graduation, he opened a San Francisco-based commercial art company with Louis Shawl and Paul Nyland. The company was in business for more than a half-century. Separate from his company, Seavey worked as a commercial artist for multiple magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Feu Follet
''The Fire Within'' (french: Le Feu follet , meaning "The Manic Fire" or "Will-o'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis Malle, based on the 1931 novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, which itself was inspired by the life of Jacques Rigaut. The film stars Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau—who had previously worked with Ronet and Malle in '' Elevator to the Gallows''—as well as Alexandra Stewart, Bernard Noel, Lena Skerla, Hubert Deschamps and Yvonne Clech. The score features the music of Erik Satie. Plot Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles, and he remains at the clinic, not working, even though his doctors believe he is ready to return to ordinary life. He is pensive and despondent, and is separated from his wife, who lives in New York. He intends to commit suicide, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one final time, trying to find a reason to live. After his arrival in Paris, he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Feu Follet (novel)
''Will O' the Wisp'' () is a 1931 novel by the French writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle. It has also been published in English as ''The Fire Within''. It tells the story of a 30-year-old man who after military service, followed by a few years of cosmopolitan, decadent life, has become burned out, addicted to heroin and tired of living. The author's source of inspiration for the main character was the dadaist poet Jacques Rigaut (1898–1929). The novel has been the basis for two feature films, Louis Malle's ''The Fire Within'' from 1963 and Joachim Trier's ''Oslo, August 31st'' from 2011. Plot Alain Leroy is 30 years old. He served in World War I and has led a cosmopolitan, decadent life for a few years, before being admitted to a mental institution for depression, fatigue and heroin addiction. He is unable to adapt to the regulated life of the institution, but the doctor does not think his stay needs to be extended. Alain visits several old friends in Paris. He is presented with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Follet
''Le Follet'' was a Parisian fashion magazine, published weekly from November 1829 to 1892. It was at one point merged with ''Le Courrier de la Mode''. It was richly illustrated with fashion plates. Le Follet belonged to the numerous fashion magazines which from the 1820s onward replaced the previous dominance of ''Journal des dames et des modes''. It was a part of the great industry of French fashion magazines which competed which each other during the 19th-century, many of which became popular not only in France but also internationally. Le Follet belonged to the most successful of these magazines, and alongside its rival ''La Mode illustrée'' (1860-1937), Le Follet was particularly internationally successful, with many foreign subscribers in Great Britain and the United States. Le Follet was one of the oldest, most longlasting and most internationally famous Parisian fashion plate A fashion plate is an illustration (a plate) demonstrating the highlights of fashionable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Submarine Follet (Q7)
''Farfadet'' (Q7) was the lead ship of her class of four submarines built for the French Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. She was of the Maugas type. ''Farfadet'' accidentally sank in July 1905 at Bizerte with the loss of 14 men of her crew; two men survived. She was later refloated and recommissioned as the ''Follet''. She was stricken in November 1913. Design and construction ''Farfadet'' was ordered by the French Navy under its 1899 building programme. She was designed by Gabriel Maugas, an early French submarine engineer, and was built at the Naval Dockyard in Rochfort. She was single-hulled, and powered by two Sautter-Harlé electric motors, with a power output of 300 cv. ''Farfadet'' was laid down in September 1899, launched on 17 May 1901, and entered service on 29 August 1902.''F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follett (other)
Follett may refer to: Places * County of Follett, Australia * Electoral district of Normanby, Dundas and Follett, one of the 16 original electoral districts of Victoria * Follett, Texas * Follett High School, in Follett, Texas * Follett Independent School District, in Follett, Texas * Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District, in Vermont * Folletts, Iowa Corporations * Follett Corporation, a company that provides educational products to schools, colleges, and libraries * Follett Ice, a company that manufactures ice and beverage equipment, and refrigerators and freezers People * A. Follett Osler (1808–1903), British meteorologist * Barbara Follett (politician) (born 1942), English politician * Barbara Newhall Follett (1914–1939), American novelist * Brent Follett (1810–1887), British politician * Brian Follett (born 1939), British government official * Burley Follett (1806–1877), mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin * David Follett (1907–1982), director of the London S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
