Alain Luc Finkielkraut is a French philosopher and public intellectual. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics, many on the ideas of tradition and identitary nonviolence, including Jewish identity and antisemitism, French colonialism, the mission of the French education system in immigrant assimilation, and the Yugoslav Wars. He often appears on French television.
Pierre Pelot, is a French science fiction writer. Born on 13 November 1945, in Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, Vosges, France.
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn was a French physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and engineer who made important measurements of the mechanical equivalent of heat and contributions to the early development of thermodynamics. He further applied his science in the practical development of steam engines.
Dionysos is a French pop band that originated in Valence, Drôme, in 1993; their formation took place at their lycée. The group presents songs in both French and English and has produced six studio albums. They are particularly recognized in France for their surrealism and eccentricity.
Laurent Genefort is a French science fiction writer.
Mathias Malzieu, the lead singer of the French band Dionysos, co-founded the group in 1993 when he lived in Valence in Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Three of his school-friends, comprised the original band membership.
Francis Lacassin was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist.
Eugène Green is a U.S.-born French film-maker and dramatist. He is notable as an educator, training a generation of young actors in the revival of French baroque theatre technique and declamation.
Barthélemy Mercier de Saint-Léger was a French abbot and librarian.
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing is a French actor and film director. He has a daughter with cinematographer Caroline Champetier, the actress Alice de Lencquesaing.
Zineb El Rhazoui is a Moroccan-born French journalist. She was a columnist for Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo from 2011 to 2017. She was in Morocco during the Charlie Hebdo shooting on 7 January 2015.
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie is a French far-left philosopher and sociologist.
Le prix Ève-Delacroix is one of the prizes bestowed by the Académie française. The award which was established in 1977 by the Ève-Delacroix foundation is intended "for the author of a work combining literary qualities with the meaning of the dignity of man and the responsibilities of the writer".
The grand prix de la Critique littéraire was created in 1948 by Robert André. It is awarded each year by the French PEN club to a literary essay. Chaired by Joël Schmidt, its jury is now made up of Jean Blot, Jean-Luc Despax, Jean-Claude Lamy, Daniel Leuwers, Jean Orizet, Laurence Paton, Antoine Spire and Patrick Tudoret. Since its creation, it has rewarded many leading authors and intends to promote a literary criticism of quality and, quite simply, literature.
Eddy de Pretto is a French singer-songwriter and actor.
Rendez-Vous is a post-punk French band from Paris, France, formed in 2012.
Andrea Picci is a conceptual artist and poet. His work concerns celebrity and identity.
Nicolas Lebourg is a French historian who specializes on far-right movements in Europe.
Freeze Corleone, pseudonym of Issa Lorenzo Diakhaté, born June 6, 1992, in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, is a French rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is also the founder of the collective 667, and CFR. He lived part of his life in Canada and lives in Dakar, Senegal.
Laurent Obertone is a French writer and journalist. He has written polemical books which the French media describes as reactionary. His first book, La France Orange mécanique, became a bestseller in 2013. He is known for his novel trilogy Guérilla (2016–2022), which is about civil war in France.
