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Édouard Leclerc (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 20 November 1926 in Landerneau – died 17 September 2012 in Saint-Divy, Brittany) was a French businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948.
Hélène Pedneault (born 14 April 1952 in Jonquière, [1] [2] Saguenay, died 1 December 2008 in Montreal) [3] was a Québécoise writer of many mediums who contributed much to the advancement of the feminist cause [4] and also to Quebec sovereignty and the environment.
The Prix du Livre Inter is a prize for best French novel of the year. It is awarded by the radio channel France Inter . It was established in 1975 at the initiative of Paul-Louis Mignon.
Detail of one of its pages. The book was written in Langue d'oïl during the author's exile in France between years 1260 and 1267, because at the time, as the author explained, "it was the most enjoyable and most common spoken language" ("la parleure est plus delitable et plus comune a touz languaiges ").
The Prix du Cercle du livre de France is a literary prize created by the Quebec publishing house Le Cercle du livre de France with the aim of promoting Quebec authors. [1] From 1977 to 1985, the prize was offered by Esso Canada and was renamed Prix littéraire Esso du Cercle du livre de France. [2]
Édouard Louis, born Eddy Bellegueule [1] was born and raised in the town of Hallencourt in northern France, which is the setting of his first novel, the autobiographical En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [] (2014; published in English in 2018 as The End of Eddy).
The Centre national du livre (CNL) is a French établissement public à caractère administratif. The CNL [1] is placed under the administrative supervision of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication (Direction générale des Médias et des Industries culturelles , Service du Livre et de la Lecture ). Its vocation and mission is to ...
Les Temps Modernes was first published by Gallimard and was last published by Gallimard. In between, the magazine changed hands three times: Julliard (January 1949 to September 1965), Presses d'aujourd'hui (October 1964 to March 1985), Gallimard (from April 1985). Les Temps Modernes ceased publication in 2019, after 74 years. [3]