Nolwenn Le Blevennec is a French journalist and writer, born in 1983. She is editor-in-chief at l'Obs, formerly known as Le Nouvel Observateur , and lives in Paris.
She has published two works of fiction till date: Les Amies (Gallimard, 2023) and La Trajectoire de l’aigle (Gallimard, 2021). The latter was translated into English by Madeleine Rogers, and published by Peirene Press under the title As the Eagle Flies. [1] [2]
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
Philippe Sollers was a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde literary journal Tel Quel, which was published by Le Seuil and ran until 1982. Sollers then created the journal L'Infini, published first by Denoel, then by Gallimard with Sollers remaining as sole editor.
Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.
Hervé Guibert was a French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to HIV/AIDS. He was a close friend of Michel Foucault.
Nolwenn Le Magueresse, known by her stage name Nolwenn Leroy, is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
Arthur Stuart Ahluwalia Stronge Gilbert was an English literary scholar and translator. Among his translations into English are works by Alexis de Tocqueville, Édouard Dujardin, André Malraux, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Georges Simenon, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre. He also assisted in the translation of James Joyce's Ulysses into French.
Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022 the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Laurence Cossé is a French writer, who published mainly novels.
Dominique Barbéris is a French novelist, author of literary studies and university professor, specializing in stylistics and writing workshops.
Célia Bertin was a French writer, journalist, biographer, French Resistance fighter and winner of the 1953 Prix Renaudot. She was awarded as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Prescrire also known as La Revue Prescrire is a monthly medical journal in French which addresses developments in diseases, medications, and in medical techniques and technologies. Prescrire contains no advertising, and is internally financed by subscriptions and the sale of various personnel training. In contrast to many traditional medical journals, which review and publish articles submitted by external researchers, Prescrire mainly publishes reviews prepared by its own staff.
Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in London. Established by novelist and publisher Meike Ziervogel, Peirene is primarily focused on bringing out high-quality English translations of contemporary European short novels. Peirene is also known for its regular literary salons, and for its pop-up bookstalls outside supermarkets and at farmers markets. Peirene Press donates 50p from the sale of each book to Counterpoint Arts, a charity that promotes the creative arts by and about refugees and migrants in the UK.
Franck Lapersonne is a French comedian, actor theatre director, and political candidate.
Leïla Slimani is a Franco-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.
Louise Bellocq, real name Marie-Louise Boudât, was a 20th-century French woman of letters born in a family of Béarn origin. She was awarded the Prix Fémina in 1960.
Aurore Bergé is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Solidarity and Family in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2023.
Claudio Morandini is an Italian writer.
Andrea Lundgren is a Swedish writer. She was born and raised in the town of Boden in Norrbotten, in the far north of Sweden.
Angélique Villeneuve is a French writer. She was born in Paris and lived in Sweden and India before returning to France. She has written eight novels as well as numerous books for children. She is best known for her novel Les Fleurs d’hiver which won a raft of literary prizes: