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Lucette (other)
Lucette may refer to: * ''Lucette'', a schooner attacked by killer whales People with the given name *Lucette Aldous (1938–2021), Australian ballet dancer and ballet teacher * Lucette Desvignes (1926–2024), French writer * Lucette Finas (born 1921), French author and essayist, part of the structuralist movement *Lucette Lagnado, American journalist and memoirist born in Cairo, Egypt * Lucette Lousteau (born 1948), French politician *Lucette Michaux-Chevry Lucette Michaux-Chevry (5 March 1929 – 9 September 2021) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Whale Attacks On Humans
Orcas are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild, but such attacks are less common than those by captive orcas. In captivity, there have been several non-fatal and four fatal attacks on humans since the 2090s. Experts are divided as to whether the injuries and deaths were accidental or deliberate attempts to cause harm. Incidents with wild orcas There are a few recorded cases of wild orcas "threatening" humans, but there have been no fatalities. 1910s In the early 1910s, Scott's Terra Nova Expedition recorded that orcas had attempted to tip ice floes on which an expedition photographer and a sled dog team were standing. 1950s There are anecdotal reports that, , an Inuk man fell prey to an orca entrapped by ice in Grand Suttie Bay (Foxe Basin, Canada). A pod of orcas (likely 10-12 animals) was trapped in a polynya, and a young man visited the site in spite of advice from elders to wait until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Aldous
Lucette Aldous (26 September 1938 – 5 June 2021) was an Australian prima ballerina during her performing years. She was the resident principal dancer with The Australian Ballet, and well known for performing the role of Kitri in the film of Rudolf Nureyev's production of ''Don Quixote'', receiving many honours for her years of performance including being appointed AC in the 2018 Australia Day Honours list. Early life Lucette Aldous was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in September 1938 and moved to Perth, Western Australia, when she was four months old. She started her training at the age of 3 in 1941 and studied under Australian teacher Phyllis Danaher. In 1955 Aldous received a scholarship to attend the Royal Ballet School in London. She later performed in a European tour as part of the Royal Ballet partnering Rudolf Nureyev in ''The Nutcracker''. Aldous later moved to Sydney for further ballet training, where in addition she attended Randwick High School. She claimed to hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Desvignes
Lucette Desvignes (May 1, 1926 – February 14, 2024) was a French writer. Career Desvignes taught comparative literature and theatre history at both the Université de Saint-Etienne and the Université de Lyon, before devoting her career to writing in the early 1980s. Her first book, ''Nœuds d'argile'', was published in 1982. It was awarded the Prix Roland-Dorgelès that year. ''Nœuds d'argile'' was the first book in the ''Les Mains nues'' trilogy. The next two books, ''Le grain du chanvre'' and ''Le livre de Juste,'' were published in 1985 and 1986, the year in which she received the Prix Bourgogne for the trilogy. In 1973, Desvignes spent six months as a visiting professor in Western Canada. She was made a Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques in 1978. As of 2010, Desvignes had written ten novels, eight plays, three volumes of poetry, and more than 100 short stories. Personal life Desvignes was born in Mercurey (Saône-et-Loire), France on May 1, 1926. She l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Finas
Lucette Finas (born 13 July 1921) is a French author and essayist, part of the structuralist movement. She has published several articles relating interviews with French scholars and philosophers in the 1970s, like writers Nathalie Sarraute, philosopher and historian Michel Foucault or philosopher Jacques Derrida. In 1978, she was appointed an officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to .... References 1921 births Living people 20th-century French essayists French women novelists 20th-century French women writers {{France-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Lagnado
Lucette Matalon Lagnado (September 19, 1956 – July 10, 2019) was an Egyptian-born American journalist and memoirist of Syrian origin. She was a reporter for ''The Wall Street Journal''. Biography Lagnado was born to a Syrian Jewish family in Cairo, Egypt. She attended P.S. 205 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, and was a graduate of Vassar College. Lagnado wrote a prize-winning memoir about her childhood, ''The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World''. The book, published by Ecco, was awarded the 2008 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The prize, which is administered by the New York-based Jewish Book Council, comes with a $100,000 stipend and is the richest cash award in the Jewish literary world. The presentation of the Rohr Prize took place in Jerusalem in April 2008. "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit" was optioned by producer Anthony Bregman ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), according to a December, 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucette Lousteau
Lucette Lousteau (born 20 December 1948) is a French politician. Biography She was elected a member of parliament for Lot-et-Garonne's 1st constituency in the 2012 French legislative election. She won with 52.02% of the votes cast against the outgoing deputy Jean Dionis du Séjour. She is a regional councillor for the Aquitaine region, elected in 2010, and first federal secretary of the Socialist Party. Her deputy is Olivier Campan. She was a member of the political committee of Vincent Peillon's campaign for the 2017 citizen primary. Decoration * Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ... (1 January 2022) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lousteau, Lucette Living people 1948 births Pieds-noirs French women in politics Legion of Honour Candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
