Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès - Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès (1758 - November 24, 1805), French orator and politician, was born at Grenade in Languedoc, of a family of the lower nobility. Before 1789 he was a cavalry officer, but in that year was returned as deputy to the states general. In the Constituent Assembly he belonged to the section of moderate royalists who sought to set up a constitution on the English model, and his speeches in favour of retaining the right of war and peace in the king's hands and on the organization of the judiciary gained the applause even of his opponents. Apart from his eloquence, which gave him a place among the finest orators of the Assembly, Cazalès is mainly remembered for.
École nationale d'administration - school shapes French industry and politics has been studied by John Kenneth Galbraith and Pierre Bourdieu (himself a former student). Some famous alumni include: Presidents: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Jacques Chirac Prime Ministers: Laurent Fabius, Michel Rocard, Edouard Balladur, Alain Juppé and Lionel Jospin Ministers: Philippe Séguin, Elisabeth Guigou and Martine Aubry Industry leaders: Ernest-Antoine Seillière, Jean-Marie Messier.
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1998 Governor General's Awards - Sarah Withrow, Bat Summer Children's Literature - Illustration Winner: Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes Other Finalists: Victor Bosson, The Fox's Kettle Harvey Chan, Music for the Tsar of the Sea Zhong-Yang Huang, The Great Race Stéphane Jorisch, The Village of a Hundred Smiles and Other Stories Translation (from French to English) Winner: Sheila Fischman, Bambi and Me Other Finalists: Arnold Bennett, Voltaire's Man in America David Homel, The Second Fiddle Daniel Sloate, Aknos and Other Poems French Language Fiction Winner: Christiane Frenette, La Terre ferme Other Finalists: Marie-Célie Agnant, Le Silence comme le sang Madeleine Gagnon, Le Deuil du soleil Nancy Huston, L'Empreinte de l'ange Pierre Samson, Un garçon de compagnie Poetry Winner: Suzanne Jacob, La Part de feu preceded by Le Deuil de la rancune Other.
1995 Governor General's Awards - Fiction Winner: Nicole Houde, '\'Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse'' Other Finalists: Ying Chen, L'Ingratitude Louis Hamelin, Betsi Larousse ou l'Ineffable Louis Jolicoeur, Saisir l'absence André Major, La Vie provisoire Poetry Winner: Émile Martel, Pour orchestre et poète seul Other Finalists: Louise Desjardins, La 2e Avenue précédé de Petite sensation, La minutie de l'araignée, Le marché de l'amour Jocelyne Felx, La Pierre et les Heures Gérald Gaudet, La Fiction de l'âme Andrée Lacelle, Tant de vie s'égare Drama Winner: Carole Fréchette, Les Quatre Morts de Marie Other Finalists: Jean Marc Dalpé, Lucky Lady Suzanne Lebeau, Contes d'enfants réels Michèle Magny, Marina, le dernier rose aux joues Non-Fiction Winner: Yvan Lamonde, Louis-Antoine Dessaulles. Un seigneur libéral et anticlérical Other Finalists: Hélène-Andrée Bizier, Le Noir et le Rouge Jean Boivin, La Classe de Messiaen.
1991 Governor General's Awards - certaine fin de siècle François Charron, L'Intraduisible amour Herménégilde Chiasson, Vous Rachel Leclerc Les vies frontalières Drama Winner: Gilbert Dupuis, Mon oncle Marcel qui vague vague près du métro Berri Other Finalists: Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, La maison cassée Michel Marc Bouchard, L'Histoire de l'oie Dominic Champagne, La répétition Suzanne Lebeau, Conte du jour et de la nuit Non-Fiction Winner: Bernard Arcand, Le Jaguar et le Tamanoir Other Finalists: Betty Bednarski, Autour de Ferron : littérature, traduction, altérité Guy Bourgeault, L'Éthique et le droit : face aux nouvelles technologies biomédicales Jacques Jaffelin, Le Promeneur d'Einstein Robert Major, Jean Rivard ou l'art de réussir: idéologies et utopie dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine Gérin-Lajoie Children's Literature - Text Winner: François Gravel, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine Other Finalists: Ginette Anfousse, Un terrible secret Johanne Mercier, L'Été.
Alexandre Dumas, père - Pailleterie in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, near Paris, France, the grandson of the Marquis Antoine-Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins and early life 2 Literary career 3 Posthumous recognition Origins and early life While his grandfather served the government of France as General Commissaire in the Artillery in the colony of Santa Domingo, (today's Dominican Republic but at the time a part of Haiti), he married Marie-Céssette Dumas, a black slave. In 1762, she gave birth to a son, Thomas-Alexandre, and she died soon thereafter. When the Marquis and his young son returned to Normandy, it was at a time when slavery still existed, and the boy suffered as a result of being half black. In 1786, Thomas-Alexandre joined the French army, but to protect the aristocratic family's.
Canadian federal election, 2004 - in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada if the Speaker will let them. Also on December 9, Liberal leadership runner-up Sheila Copps refuses Prime Minister-designate Paul Martin's patronage appointment proposal for Copps. She will have to fight to retain her riding, as Canada's ridings have been redrawn, and she now shares it with MP Tony Valeri. December 8 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered with Elections Canada. The party's first interim leader is Senator John Lynch-Staunton, with a formal leadership race scheduled for March 2004. Three Progressive Conservative MPs (Joe Clark, John Herron and André Bachand) announce that they will not sit as members of the new party, but will serve out their terms as Independent Progressive Conservatives. December 6 - The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada votes.
Communes of the Cantal département - Vézie - Landeyrat - Lanobre - Lapeyrugue - Laroquebrou - Laroquevieille - Lascelle - Lastic - Laurie - Lavastrie - Laveissenet - Laveissière - Lavigerie - Le Claux - Le Falgoux - Le Fau - Le Monteil - Le Rouget - Le Trioulou - Le Vaulmier - Le Vigean - Les Ternes - Leucamp - Leynhac - Leyvaux - Lieutadès - Lorcières - Loubaresse - Lugarde Madic - Malbo - Mandailles Saint Julien - Marcenat - Marchastel - Marcolès - Marmanhac - Massiac - Mauriac - Maurines - Maurs - Méallet - Menet - Mentières - Molèdes - Molompize - Montboudif - Montchamp - Montgreleix - Montmurat - Montsalvy - Montvert - Mourjou - Moussages - Murat Narnhac - Naucelles - Neussargues Moissac - Neuvéglise - Nieudan Omps - Oradour Pailherols.
Timeline of Quebec history (1663 to 1759) - conducted by Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666 showed a population of 3,215 French inhabitants residing in New France. 1666 - During the autumn, the soldier of Carignan-Salières, led by Alexandre de Prouville, the "Marquis de Tracy" and the governor, invade the Iroquois territory to the south, burn their villages and destroy their crops. See French and Iroquois Wars. 1667 - Signing of a peace treaty with the defeated Iroquois. 1670s 1672 - Louis Buade de Frontenac becomes governor of New France on April 7. 1675 - The expression coureur des bois is coined to name those who deal the trading of fur directly with the Amerindians. 1675 - Arrival of the new intendant Jacques Duchesneau de la Doussinière et d’Ambault. 1674 - Creation of the diocese of Quebec. François.
Sorbonne - the Sorbonne, which led to the creation of the International Olympic Committee. In 1968 it was the starting point of the cultural revolution commonly known as "the French May" (see also situationism), resulting in the closing of the university for the second time in history (the first being the Nazi invasion of 1940). It is now distributed in several separate universities. The historical campus is located in the Quartier Latin, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It features mural paintings by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Persons of note who attended the University include: Alexander Alekhine Theo Angelopoulos Antoine Arnauld Joaquin Balaguer Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux John Calvin Roch Carrier Adrienne Clarkson Marie Curie Pierre Curie Simone de Beauvoir Raymond Duchamp-Villon Lawrence Ferlinghetti Jean-Luc Godard Francis Seymour Haden Mahmoud Hessaby Vilayat Inayat Khan Irène.
Politics of French Guiana - legal system Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Jacques Chirac of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Dominique Vian (since January 1997) head of government: President of the General Council Andre Lecante (since March 1998); President of the Regional Council Antoine Karam (since 22 March 1992) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; presidents of the General and Regional Councils are appointed by the members of those councils Legislative branch: unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats; members are elected by.
Politics of Belgium - the Cabinet. The Prime Minister is President of the Cabinet. Each minister heads a governmental department. The Cabinet reflects the weight of political parties that constitute the current governing coalition for the Chamber. No single party or party family across linguistic lines holds an absolute majority of seats in Parliament. The present Cabinet, the Guy Verhofstadt Cabinet, consists of the following members of the Flemish Liberal Party (VLD), the francophone Liberal Party (MR), the francophone Socialist Party (PS), the Flemish Socialist Party (SP.a) and its ally, SPIRIT. Principal Government Officials (protocol ranking) Prime Minister--Guy Verhofstadt (VLD) Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice -- Laurette Onkelinx (PS) Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs -- Louis Michel (MR) Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Budget and Public Enterprises -- Johan Vande Lanotte (SP.a).
Prix Goncourt - this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War, for the following reasons: the prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was 48; this was immediately after the end of the war, where Dorgelès had fought, whereas Proust had been deemed unfit for service for medical reasons (he had asthma). Full list of prize winners. 1903 - John Antoine Nau, Force ennemie 1904 - Léon Frapié, La Maternelle 1905 - Claude Farrère, Les Civilisés 1906 - Jérôme et Jean Tharaud, Dingley, l'illustre écrivain 1907 - E. Moselly, Le Rouet d'ivoire 1908 - Francis de Miomandre, Ecrit sur l'eau 1909 - Marius et Ary.
Prix Fémina - first Wednesday of November each year. Winners of Prix Fémina : 2002 - Les adieux à la reine - Chantal Thomas 2002 - Massoud - Michael Barry (essai) 2001 - Rosie Carpe - Marie Ndiaye 2000 - Dans ces bras-là - Camille Laurens 1999 - Anchise - Maryline Desbiolles 1998 - Le Dit de Tianyi - François Cheng 1997 - Amour noir - Dominique Noguez 1996 - Week-end de chasse à la mère - Genevière Brisac 1995 - ''La Classe de neige'\' - Emmanuel Carrère 1994 - Port-Soudan - Olivier Rolin 1993 - L'Oeil du silence - Marc Lambron 1992 - Aden - Anne-Marie Garat 1991 - Déborah et les anges dissipés - Paula Jacques 1990 - Nous sommes éternels - Pierrette Fleutiaux 1989 - Jours de colère - Sylvie Germain.
Marshal of France - - July 6 1809 Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont (1774-1852) - 1809 Nicolas Charles Oudinot (1767-1847) - 1809 Louis Gabriel Suchet (1770-1826) - 1811 Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764-1830) - 1812 Józef Antoni Poniatowski (1763-1813) - 1813 Jean Victor Moreau (1763-1813) - 1814 (posthumous) Georges Cadoudal (1771-1804) - 1814 (posthumous) Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier (1794-1864) - 1851 Jean-Isidore Harispe - (1768-1855) December 11 1851 Jean-Baptiste Vaillant - (1790-1862) - December 11 1851 Boniface de Castellane - (1788-1862) - December 2 1852 Bernard Pierre Magnan (1791-1865) - December 2 1852 Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1801-1854) - December 2 1852 Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers - (1795-1878) - August 28 1854 Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier (1794-1864) - September 12 1855 Pierre Jean Bosquet (1810-1861) - March 18 1856 François Certain Canrobert (1809-1895).
Members of the French Royal Families - of Boulogne (son of King Stephen of England; m.2 Count Raymond V of Toulouse Philip, Archbishop of Paris (1125-1161) Peter I, Siegneur de Courtenay (1126-1179); m. Elisabeth de Courtenay Louis VII of France (1120-1180, r.1137-1180) Wives: Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) Constance of Castile (1140-1160) Alix of Blois (1140-1206) Children: Marie (1145-1198); m. Count Henry I of Champagne Alix (1151-abt 1195); m. Count Thibaut IV of Blois Marguerite (1158-1197); m.1 Henry the Young King, m.2 King Bela III of Hungary Adelaide (1159-1160) Philip II of France (1165-1223) Alix, Comtesse de Vexin (1170-ca.1200); m. Count William III of Ponthieu Agnes (1171-1240); m.1 Alexius II Comnenus; m.2 Andronicus I Comnenus Philip II of France (1165-1223, r.1180-1223) Wives: Isabella of Hainault (1170-1190) Ingeborg of Denmark (1175-1236) Agnes of Meran (1175-1201) Children: Louis VIII of France.
Music of France - distinctive as well. Central France Central French bagpipe and hurdygurdy music is popular, having been recently given new life by performers like Eric Montbel, Philippe Prieur, Gilles Chabenat and Jean Blanchard. Auvergne is known for cabrette bagpipes, and its legendary master Joseph Ruols. This is the instrument that became the basis for bal-musette music, which arrived in Paris by 1880 as a result of Auvergnat migration. The influence of Antoine Bouscatel led to bal-musette incorporating the Italian accordion, which soon came to dominate the music. This is the period that produced internationally known masters like Léon Chanal, Emile Vacher and Martin Cayla. Brittany Main article: Music of Brittany Uniqely Celtic in character, Breton folk music has had perhaps the most successful revival of its traditions, partially due to the result of.
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List of French people - Jeanne Moreau Michèle Morgan Michel Piccoli Pierre Richard Jean Rochefort Emmanuelle Seigner Simone Signoret Audrey Tautou Jean-Louis Trintignant Marie Trintignant Michael Vartan Hervé Villechaize Architects Le Corbusier Étienne-Louis Boullée Fontaine architect Hector Guimard Charles Percier Claude Nicolas Ledoux Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Authors See also: French language authors, French language poets, French novelists Marcel Achard -- playwright and scriptwriter Jean Anouilh -- 20th century dramatist Guillaume Apollinaire -- (born Russian) poet Honoré de Balzac -- realist author Henri Barbusse Charles Baudelaire, 19th century poet Pierre Beaumarchais, comedy playwright Simone de Beauvoir -- 20th century author Henri Bergson -- Nobel Prize Winner Georges Bernanos Tristan Bernard Pierre Boulle Albert Camus -- existentialist author Louis-Ferdinand Céline -- 20th century author Aimé Césaire-- 20th century author René Char, 20th century poet François-René de Chateaubriand Jean Cocteau.
