The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt.
Serge Latouche is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, philosophy and economy.
Pierre-André Taguieff is a French philosopher who has specialised in the study of racism and antisemitism. He is the director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in an Institut d'études politiques de Paris laboratory, the Centre for Political Research (CEVIPOF). He is also a member of the Cercle de l'Oratoire think tank.
Fabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor. He has appeared in films such as Potiche, The Women on the 6th Floor, and In the House.
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage aux Folles.
Olivier Py is a French stage director, actor and writer.
Benjamin Stora is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family that left the country following its War of Independence in 1962. Stora holds two PhDs and a Doctorate of the State (1991).
Bruno Étienne was a French sociologist, freemason and a political analyst. He was a specialist of Algeria, Islam and anthropology of the religious and masonic fact.
René Drouard de Bousset was a French Baroque composer and organist. He was born in Paris on 12 December 1703.
Véronique Olmi is a French playwright and novelist. She won the Prix Alain-Fournier emerging artist award for her 2001 novella Bord de Mer. It has since been translated into several European languages. Olmi has published a dozen plays and half a dozen novels.
André Mouëzy-Éon was a French dramatist, author of comedies, librettist, screenwriter and dialoguist.
Les Feuilles d'Automne is a collection of poems written by Victor Hugo, and published in 1831. It contains a multitude of poems, six of which are especially known as Soleils Couchants.
Pierre Antoine Jean-Baptiste Villiers became a French playwright, journalist and poet. Already a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, he was made chevalier of the Order of Saint Louis on 18 August 1822
The prix Broquette-Gonin was a former prize awarded by the Académie française.
Cannabis in France is illegal for personal use, but remains one of the most popular illegal drugs. Limited types of cannabis-derived products are permitted for medical uses.
Daniel Moulinet is a French priest and historian, professor of contemporary history at the Catholic University of Lyon.
Georges Bensoussan is a French historian. Bensoussan was born in Morocco. He is the editor of the Revue d'histoire de la Shoah. He won the Memory of the Shoah Prize from the Jacob Buchman Foundation in 2008.
Cannabis Sans Frontières is a Paris-based organization advocating for cannabis and drug policy reform. Founded in 2005 by Farid Ghehiouèche and Michel Sitbon, the organization aims to destigmatize cannabis usage and influence legislative change both in France and Europe. Known for its multifaceted approach to advocacy, Cannabis Sans Frontières combines political engagement, public education, and cultural impact to push for more progressive drug policies. With a focus on human rights and harm reduction, the organization has gained visibility through its various campaigns, participation in elections, and frequent media appearances.
Axelle Lenoir is a Canadian comic book author who lives in Quebec.
Farid Ghehiouèche is a French author, activist and politician, known for his involvement for cannabis and other drugs liberalization, and in pacifist, ecologist, freedom of speech, gender equality, right of asylum and prison abolition social movements. He has been active since the 1990s in France and in international organizations.
