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Jean Echenoz
Jean Echenoz (born 26 December 1947) is a French writer. Biography Jean Echenoz was born in Orange, Vaucluse, the son of a psychiatrist, He studied in Rodez, Digne-les-Bains, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' in 1979, for which he received the Fénéon Prize in 1980. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis 1983 for ''Cherokee'', the Prix Goncourt 1999 for '' I'm Gone'' (''Je m'en vais''), and the Aristeion Prize for '' Chopin's Move'' (''Lac'') (1989). Works Novels and narratives (''récits'') * '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' (Minuit, 1979) * ''Cherokee'' (Minuit, 1983) (Godine, 1987; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Équipée malaise'' (Minuit, 1986) ''Double Jeopardy'' (Godine, 1993; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Occupation des sols'' (Minuit, 1988) ''Plan of Occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (; Provençal: ''Aurenja'' or ''Aurenjo'' ) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is about north of Avignon, on the departmental border with Gard, which follows the Rhône. Orange is the second-most populated city in Vaucluse, after Avignon. Name The settlement is attested as ''Arausio'' and ''Arausion'' in the first and second centuries AD, then as ''civitas Arausione'' in the fourth century, ''civitas Arausicae'' in 517 (via a Germanized form *''Arausinga''), ''Aurengia civitatis'' in 1136, and as ''Orenga'' in 1205. The name ''Arausio'' can be explained as the Gaulish ''ar-aus(i)o''- ('temple, cheek'), itself derived from an earlier Proto-Celtic *''far-aws(y)o''-, which literally means 'in front of the ear' (cf. Old Irish ''ara'', ''arae''; Ancient Greek ''pareiaí'', ''parauai'' < *''par-ausiā''). It is |
Les Éclairs
''Les Éclairs'' (''The Lightning Flashes'') is an opera in four acts to a libretto by Jean Echenoz with music by Philippe Hersant. It was premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 2 November 2021. Opéra-Comique website, accessed 26 December 2021 Based on a novel in verse by Echenoz, the opera is a fantasised biography of the inventor as the main character, Gregor. It depicts his arrival in America in 1884, a stormy relationship with Thomas Edison
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