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Alain was born in 1868 in Normandy, in the rural town of Mortagne-au-Perche, the son of a veterinary surgeon. After attending the local Catholic school, in 1881 he entered the lycée of Alençon, where he passed the examinations of the Baccalaureat in literature (and failed the science Baccalaureat).
Alain de Botton FRSL (/ d ə ˈ b ɒ t ən /; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies.
The Fire Within (French: Le Feu follet, pronounced [lə fø fɔlɛ]; "The Manic Fire" or "Will-O'-the-Wisp") is a 1963 drama film written and directed by Louis Malle.It is based on the 1931 novel Will O' the Wisp by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, which was inspired by the life of poet Jacques Rigaut.
Du côté de chez Swann is divided into four parts: "Combray I" (sometimes referred to in English as the "Overture"), "Combray II", "Un Amour de Swann" ("Swann in Love"), and "Noms de pays: le nom" ("Names of places: the name"). A third-person novella within Du côté de chez Swann, "Un Amour de Swann" is sometimes published as a volume by ...
Alain de Benoist (/ d ə b ə ˈ n w ɑː / də bə-NWAH; French: [alɛ̃ də bənwa]; born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names, [1] is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite (France's New Right), and the leader of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE.
Alain Defossé was born on 11 February 1957 in Nantes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early on, he was interested in music, jazz in particular, and also cinema, and he studied at the Cours Florent in Paris. [ 2 ] [ 4 ]
In Quelques mois dans ma vie, Houellebecq says he regrets these statements and apologises to all Muslims. Later, Houellebecq agreed to appear in a pornographic film by a Dutch director. When the trailer for the film was released and showed Houellebecq shirtless with a young woman, he took legal action and tried to stop the film, as he said he ...
Alain Ducellier (5 May 1934 [1] – 29 September 2018) was a French historian and professor emeritus at Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail who specialized in Byzantine studies and Christianity in the middle east. [2]