The Maison de Balzac (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ də balzak], English: Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist...
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Prix de Flore. Due to his occupation with technology and modern life, his novels have been compared to the works of Houellebecq and Honoré de Balzac....
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including works of Jean de La Fontaine and Honoré de Balzac, most notably The Duchess of Langeais. "Grand Prix Rome Peinture 1864-1968 le fil d'Actu - Grande...
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The Battle (Rambaud novel) (category Prix Goncourt–winning works)
Waggoner complained that the novel was short on characterization. Prix Goncourt, 1997 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1997 John Lichfield (December...
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La Belle Noiseuse (category Cannes Grand Prix winners)
short story Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece) by Honoré de Balzac, and set in present-day France, it tells how a famous old artist is stimulated...
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Éditions Gallimard. It won the 2022 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française and was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt, which was awarded to Vivre...
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writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand. It is a private association...
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Académie Française (redirect from Grand prix de l'Académie française)
important prizes include the Grand prix de littérature (for a literary work), the grand prix du roman (for a novel), the Grand prix de poésie de l'Académie...
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Jules Bertaut (category Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature))
a French writer, historian and lecturer. In 1959, he was awarded the grand prix de littérature de la SGDL for his work. Selected works: 1900: Secrets...
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Gaston Carraud (category Prix de Rome for composition)
Conservatoire de Paris with Jules Massenet and obtained in 1890 the Premier Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Cléopâtre after a text by Fernand Beissier. He...
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