Bignan (automobile)The Bignan was a French automobile manufactured between 1918 and 1931 on the north side of central Paris, in Courbevoie. The business was created, and till the mid 1920s-headed up, by Jacques Bignan. Jacques Bignan produced bespoke engines before the war, but only after the cessation of hostilities did he register, in 1918, the company "Établissements Industriels J. Bignan", and emerged as an automobile manufacturer on his own account, taking stand number 84 at the Motor Show in October 1919.
Alexandra Laignel-LavastineAlexandra Laignel-Lavastine (born 17 October 1966) is a French philosopher, essayist, and historian of East European history and culture. Laignel-Lavastine holds a PhD in History and Philosophy. She studied at Paris-Sorbonne University and then at the Center for Training of Journalists (CFJ), before devoting herself to a career as an essayist. In 2005, Laignel-Lavastine won the Charles-Veillon European prize for essays for Spirits of Europe: Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2005.
Moroccan Division (France)The Moroccan Division (Division marocaine, 1re D.M) or the 1st Moroccan Division of 1914, initially the Marching Division of Morocco ( « Division de Marche du Maroc »D.M du Maroc) was an infantry division of France's Army of Africa (Armée d'Afrique) which participated in World War I.
Once Upon a Time... ManOnce Upon a Time... Man (Il était une fois... l'homme) is a French animated TV series from 1978 directed by Albert Barillé. It is the first in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series explains world history in a format designed for children. The action focuses around one group. The same familiar characters appear in all episodes as they deal with the problems of their time. Once Upon a Time... Man was purchased by most public broadcasting channels in Europe (and in many other countries) and is well-known by a significant percentage of the population.
Éric ZemmourÉric Justin Léon Zemmour (eʁik zemuʁ; born 31 August 1958) is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and former political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on Face à l'Info, a daily show broadcast on CNews, from 2019 to 2021. He unsuccessfully ran in the 2022 French presidential election, in which he placed fourth in the first round. Born in Montreuil, Zemmour studied at Sciences Po. He worked as a reporter for Le Quotidien de Paris from 1986 to 1996. He then joined Le Figaro, where he worked until 2021.
Hirak (Algeria)The 2019–2021 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles or Hirak Movement (الحِرَاك), began on 16 February 2019, six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement. These protests, without precedent since the Algerian Civil War, were peaceful and led the military to insist on Bouteflika's immediate resignation, which took place on 2 April 2019. By early May, a significant number of power-brokers close to the deposed administration, including the former president's younger brother Saïd, had been arrested.
Isidore IsouIsidore Isou (izu; 29 January 1925 – 28 July 2007), born Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, dramaturge, novelist, film director, economist, and visual artist who lived in the 20th century. He was the founder of Lettrism, an art and literary movement which owed inspiration to Dada and Surrealism. An important figure in the mid-20th Century avant-garde, he is remembered in the cinema world chiefly for his revolutionary 1951 film Traité de Bave et d'Eternité, while his political writings are seen as foreshadowing the May 1968 movements.
Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesJoseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (25 December 1745 - 9 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor and composer. A biracial Creole free man of color, he is considered the first classical composer of African descent to receive widespread critical acclaim. He composed many violin concertos and string quartets, sinfonia concertantes, violin duets, sonatas, two symphonies and six stage works (opéra comique). Saint-Georges was also known as a champion fencer, good athlete and fine dancer.
Program musicProgram music or programmatic music is a type of instrumental art music that attempts to musically render an extramusical narrative. The narrative itself might be offered to the audience through the piece's title, or in the form of program notes, inviting imaginative correlations with the music. A well-known example is Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. The genre culminates in the symphonic works of Richard Strauss that include narrations of the adventures of Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegel, the composer's domestic life, and an interpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy of the Übermensch, Also Sprach Zarathustra.
Michel TremblayMichel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect - something that would heavily influence his work. Tremblay's first professionally produced play, Les Belles-Sœurs, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968.
