Christine de Pizan or Pisan, born Cristina da Pizzano, was a poet and author at the court of King Charles VI of France and several French dukes. Venetian by birth, Christine served as a court writer in medieval France after the death of her husband. Christine's patrons included dukes Louis I of Orleans, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and his son John the Fearless. Her best known works include The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies, both written when she worked for John the Fearless of Burgundy. Her books of advice to princesses, princes, and knights remained in print until the 16th century.
Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children's books. The London-based company was founded in 1997 and is notable for publishing authors such as Stefan Zweig, Marcel Aymé, Antal Szerb, Paul Morand and Yasushi Inoue, as well as award-winning contemporary writers, including Andrés Neuman, Edith Pearlman, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Eka Kurniawan and Ryu Murakami.
Fatou Diome is a French-Senegalese writer known for her best-selling novel The Belly of the Atlantic, which was published in 2001. Her work explores immigrant life in France, and the relationship between France and Africa. Fatou Diome lives in Strasbourg, France.
Kilien Stengel, is a French gastronomic author, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He worked at Gidleigh Park, Nikko Hotels, Georges V Hotel in Paris, and in a lot of restaurants Relais & Châteaux. He was a teacher of Gastronomy at the Académie of Paris and of Orléans-Tours. Actually, Kilien Stengel work now at the European Institute for the History and Culture of Food, in the François Rabelais University. He is captain of a culinary book fair, en directot of a collection book. Usually, he work for Ministère de l'Éducation nationale teacher competition, Meilleur Ouvrier de France award, and Masterchef France. In 2015 his PhD in Information science is supervised by J-J. Boutaud.
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is a Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of Washington in Seattle, and the author of many works on the history and philosophy of psychiatry, psychoanalysis and hypnosis. Born to Danish parents, he began his studies in France and emigrated to the United States in 1986. His constructivist analysis of the co-production of psychical "facts" emphasises the accuracy of historical accounts of mental disorders.
Juliette Benzoni was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery and screenwriting. In 1998, at the age of 78, she received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National from President Jacques Chirac.
The Oksa Pollock is a series of six fantasy children's novels written by French authors Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf. Plichota and Wolf initially tried to publish the series through Éditions Gallimard in 2007, but were rejected. The authors then self-published the series until 2010, when the books were picked up by XO Editions. Of the central character of Oksa Pollock, the authors have stated that they named her after a Ukrainian aunt of Plichota's named Oksana.
Davide Cali is a Swiss-born Italian writer of picture books and graphic novels, primarily for children and young adults. He lives in Italy. His work has been published in 25 countries and translated into many languages. He also writes under the pseudonyms Taro Miyazawa and Daikon.
Eugène Wilhelm in French, or in German Eugen Wilhelm was a French-German lawyer and sexologist.
Cendrine Wolf is a French children's writer, known for co-writing the Oksa Pollock series with Anne Plichota. In 2012 the two announced that they would be collaborating on a new series centering on the character of Susan Hopper.
Susan Hopper is a French novel series for young teens written by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf, two Strasbourg librarians known for writing the Oksa Pollock series. The series is intended to be a trilogy and centers on the character of Susan Hopper, a young girl that lost her parents in a fire.
Bernard Fixot is a French publisher, founder and Chairman of the board of publishing house XO Editions.
Anne Cheng is a French Sinologist who teaches at the Collège de France and specializes in Chinese history and the history of Chinese philosophy. Pablo Ariel Blitstein, the author of "A new debate about alterity," describes her as an "important representative of French sinology".
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of Elle magazine.
Gérard Oberlé is a French writer and bibliographer.
Gilles Pudlowski is a French journalist, writer, literary and gastronomic critic. He writes the blog les Pieds dans le Plat, writes for Saveurs, Cuisine et Vins de France and Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. He is also the author of the Pudlo guides.
Morgane Merteuil is the pseudonym of a French prostitute and feminist activist known for her commitment to the rights of sex workers. She was the secretary general and spokesperson of the French sex work union STRASS from 2011 to 2016.
Mathilde Laigle was a French historian. She was an early student in America becoming a governess to the children of the governor of Iowa. She was an expert on Christine de Pizan and is credited with helping to revive interest in the early feminist.
Émile Philippe Auguste Schneider was a French painter and designer; best known for his portraits of notable people from Alsace.
Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg was a French officer who participated to the French conquest of Algeria.
