Des chiffres et des lettres is a French television programme. It was created by Armand Jammot and tests the numeracy skills and vocabulary of two contestants. It is one of the longest-running game shows in the world, and the inspiration for Countdown on Britain's Channel 4.
André Spire was a French poet, writer, and Zionist activist.
Loriciel was a French video game developing company that was active from 1983 to the early 1990s. The name is a combination of logiciel, the French word for software, and Oric which was the first computer they wrote software for.
The Prix Sorcières is an annual literary prize awarded in France since 1986 to works of children's literature in a number of categories. The categories were renamed in 2018.
Gerald Messadié was a French scientific journalist, essayist and novelist. His work comprised historical novels, biographies, essays on the history of religions, and some science fiction work where esoterism takes a large place.
France was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
Laurent Francis Gabriel Romejko is a French television host.
Jérôme Peignot is a French novelist, poet, pamphleteer, and an expert in typography. The author of some thirty books, he was awarded the Prix Sainte-Beuve, took part in publishing the writings of Laure, as well as a major anthology on "Typoésie". He is the grandson of Georges Peignot, typographer and director of the foundry G. Peignot et Fils. He is also known for having launched the concept of acousmatic sound in the 1960s.
Patrice Laffont is a French television presenter, actor and entertainer.
Charles Pellat was a French Algerian academic, historian, translator, and scholar of Oriental studies, specialized in Arab studies and Islamic studies. He was an editor of the Encyclopaedia of Islam published by Brill Academic Publishers, and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
Laurent Broomhead is a French radio and television broadcaster and producer, specialized in science and health. As a horse riding enthusiast, he owns and raises thoroughbreds.
Serge Patrice Thibodeau is a Canadian writer. He is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award for French-language poetry, winning at the 1996 Governor General's Awards for Le Quatuor de l'errance and La Traversée du désert, and at the 2007 Governor General's Awards for Seul on est, and won the Prix Émile-Nelligan in 1992 for Le cycle de Prague.
Pierre Chavot is a French author, historian and teacher.
Yannick Haenel is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine Ligne de risque.
Gérard Pussey is a French writer and novelist.
Jacques Bens was a French writer and poet.
Gérard Gefen was a French musicologist and writer. He was also a journalist and music critic, translator, radio and classical record producer.
Marc Cholodenko, is a French novelist, translator, poet, screenwriter and dialoguist.
The Prix Saintour is a series of prizes awarded annually by each of the five institutions making up the Institut de France since 1835.
