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Prix Des Deux Magots Winners
The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives from the extant Parisian café "Les Deux Magots", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, ''The Two Magots'' (a magot is a type of Chinese figurine). It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café. Winners *1933: Raymond Queneau ''Le Chiendent'' *1934: Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes ''Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu'' *1935: Jacques Baron ''Charbon de Mer'' *1936: Michel Matveev ''Étrange Famille'' *1937: Georges Pillement ''Plaisir d'Amour'' *1938: Pierre Jean Launay ''Léonie la Bienheureuse'' *1941: J. M. Aimot ''Nos mitrailleuses n'ont pas tiré'' *1942: Olivier Séchan ''Les Corps ont soif'' *1944: Jean Milo ''L'Esprit de famille'' *194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux Magots
() is a famous café and restaurant situated at 6, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris' 6th arrondissement of Paris, 6th arrondissement, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual elite of the city. It is now a popular tourist destination. Its historical reputation is derived from the patronage of Surrealism, Surrealist artists and intellectuals to the likes of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as young writers at the time, such as Ernest Hemingway. Other patrons included Albert Camus, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Bertolt Brecht, Julia Child and the American writers James Baldwin, Chester Himes and Richard Wright (author), Richard Wright. The Prix des Deux Magots, Deux Magots literary prize (Prix des Deux Magots) has been awarded to a French novel every year since 1933 at Les Deux Magots. Origin of the name "Magot (figurine), Magot" literally means "stocky figurine from the Far East". The name originally belonged to a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Malartic
Yves Malartic (1910–1986) was a French writer. He won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1948 for his novel ''Au Pays du Bon Dieu''. He also wrote a biography of Tenzing Norgay in 1954 and was one of the translators of works by the American writer Chester Himes Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works, some of which have been filmed, include '' If He Hollers Let Him Go'', published in 1945, and the '' Harlem Detective'' series of novels for which he i .... Bibliography * 1910 births 1986 deaths 20th-century French novelists French crime fiction writers English–French translators Spanish–French translators Prix des Deux Magots winners 20th-century French translators {{France-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-François Rey
Henri-François Rey (July 31, 1919 in Toulouse – July 22, 1987 in Paris) was a French writer, dramaturge and screenwriter. His book ''La Fête espagnole'' (''The Spanish party'') won the 1959 Prix des Deux Magots. His best-known work, ''Les Pianos mécaniques'' (''Mechanical pianos'') won the Interallié prize in 1962, and was adapted to film by Juan Antonio Bardem Juan Antonio Bardem Muñoz (2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter, born in Madrid. Bardem was best known for '' Muerte de un ciclista'' (1955) which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1955 Cannes Film Festiv ... in 1965 as '' The Uninhibited''. Works *''La Fête espagnole'' (1958) *''La comédie'' (1960) *''Les Pianos mécaniques'' (1962) *''Les Chevaux masqués'' (1965) *''Le Rachdingue'' (1967) *''Halleluyah ma vie'' (1970) *''Le Barbare'' (1972) *''Schizophrénie, ma soeur'' (1973) *''Dali dans son labyrinthe'' (1974) *''La parodie'' (1980) *''Feu le palais d'hiver'' (1981) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Cournot
Michel Cournot (; 1 May 1922 Р8 February 2007) was a French journalist, screenwriter and film director. As a writer he was awarded the F̩n̩on Prize in 1949 for ''Martinique''. His only film as a director, '' Les Gauloises bleues'', was due to be entered at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled because of the events of May 1968 in France. He received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, as cowriter with Claude Fournier and Marie-Jos̩ Raymond of the Canadian television miniseries '' The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)''."Genie award nominees: complete list". ''Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the larg ...'', February 14, 1989. Selected filmography * '' Les Gauloise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Hardy
René Hardy (31 October 1911 – 12 April 1987) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Hardy was born in Mortrée, Orne. In spite of having rendered dedicated and valuable service as a member of the resistance group, Combat (French Resistance), he was still suspected of being instrumental in the arrest of Jean Moulin, General Charles Delestraint and other members of the resistance. Despite later being acquitted in 2 separate trials, those suspicions never went away. Treason In January 1943 Hardy was seduced by the 20-year-old Lydie Bastien, described by one journalist as a great "French beauty" whose true loyalty was to her German lover, Gestapo officer Harry Stengritt. Hardy was arrested on 7 June 1943 when he walked into a trap laid by Bastien. Bastien, a devotee of the occult and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, had taken Stengritt as her lover and was paid for her work for the Gestapo in the form of gems that Stengritt had confiscated from French J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of O
''Story of O'' (, ) is an erotic novel written by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, with the original French text published in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Desclos did not reveal herself as the author until 1994, 40 years after the initial publication. Desclos stated she wrote the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan, who had admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. The novel shares with the latter themes such as love, dominance, and submission. Plot ''Story of O'' is a tale of female submission involving a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer named O, who is taught to be constantly available for oral, vaginal, and anal intercourse, offering herself to any male who belongs to the same secret society as her lover. She is regularly stripped, blindfolded, chained, and whipped; her anus is widened by increasingly large plugs; her labium is pierced and her buttocks are branded. The story begins when O's lover, Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Réage
Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French literary critic, journalist, and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel ''Story of O'' (1954). Early life Born in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France to a bilingual family, Desclos began reading in French and English at an early age. After completing her studies at the Sorbonne, she worked as a journalist until 1946 when she joined Gallimard Publishers as the editorial secretary for one of its imprints where she began using the pen name of Dominique Aury. An avid reader of English literature, Desclos either translated or introduced to readers in France such renowned authors as Algernon Charles Swinburne, Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and numerous others. She became a critic and was made a member of the jury for several prominent literary awards. Career Desclos' lover and employer Jean Paulhan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Cariguel
Claude Cariguel (born 1931, Paris) is a French writer and novelist. His novel ''S'' was published in 1953 by Flammarion and received the Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives ... the following year. Among his other books are ''Hollywood'' (1956), ''Les danseurs'' (1956), ''Les Enragés'' (1957), ''A comme Agathe'' (1964) and ''L'insolence'' (1967). References 1931 births Writers from Paris[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Simonin
Albert Simonin (1905–1980) was a French novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in the La Chapelle quarter of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. His father was a florist. Albert was orphaned by the age of 16.''Paris Match'' No.3134 11–17 June 2009 His novel ''Touchez Pas au Grisbi'' featuring the Parisian gangster Max le Menteur was turned into a movie starring Jean Gabin that is regarded as a classic example of French film noir. Simonin co-authored the screenplay for the movie. After World War II, he spent five years in prison for collaboration. Selected filmography * ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (1954) * '' The Price of Love'' (1955) * ''Short Head'' (1956) * '' Burning Fuse'' (1957) * ''Anyone Can Kill Me'' (1957) * '' A Bullet in the Gun Barrel'' (1958) * '' Le cave se rebiffe'' (1961) * ''The Gentleman from Epsom'' (1962) * '' Any Number Can Win'', based on a novel by Zekial Marko (1963) * ''Les Tontons flingueurs'' (1963) * ''Une souris chez les hommes'', based on a novel by F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René-Jean Clot
René-Jean Clot (19 January 1913, Algiers – 4 November 1997, Clermont-Ferrand) was a French painter, and novelist. His novel, '' L'Enfant halluciné'', won the 1987 Prix Renaudot. He corresponded with Albert Camus. Works * ''L’Annonciation à la licorne,'' coll. « Méditerranéennes » (n°1), Algiers: éditions Edmond Charlot, 1936 *''Les Gages charnels de l'art français'', éditions Charlot Alger, 1941 *''Paysages africains, Tchad, Tibesti, Fezzan, Borkou, 1945 *''Le noir de la vigne: roman'', Gallimard, 1948 *''Fantômes au soleil,'' éditions Gallimard, 1949 *''Empreintes dans le sol,'' éditions Gallimard, 1950 *'' Le Poil de la bête'', Gallimard, 1951 prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives ... *'' Le Mat de cocagne,'' Gallimard, 1953 *''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Masarès
Jean Masarès was a French writer and film critic, laureate of the 1951 prix des Deux Magots. Biography During the Second World War, Jean Masarès was a military nurse, notably in an insane asylum, which inspired him in the late 1940s with accounts of his experience in academic articles and symposia. by Jean Masarès in ''Les Temps modernes'', n°45, July 1949. Works *1950: ''Comme le pélican du désert'', —prix des Deux Magots
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