Grand Corps MaladeFabien Marsaud (born 31 July 1977), known professionally as Grand Corps Malade (GCM), is a French slam poet and lyricist. He has released seven studio albums so far, all of them reaching top-five status on the French SNEP chart. GCM started writing and performing a capella at slam events in 2003. Three years later, he signed with Universal's AZ affiliate and released his debut album Midi 20, which became a top-ten selling record of the year in France.
Quebec French syntaxThere are increasing differences between the syntax used in spoken Quebec French and the syntax of other regional dialects of French. In French-speaking Canada, however, the characteristic differences of Quebec French syntax are not considered standard despite their high-frequency in everyday, relaxed speech. What follows are examples of the most common distinctive constructions in Quebec French syntax. For comparison, a standard French used throughout la Francophonie (including Quebec and francophone Canada) is given in parentheses with the corresponding English translation given afterwards in italics.
Barthélemy de LaffemasBartholomew Laffemas was an economist, born in Beausemblant, France in 1545. He is officially recorded as dying in Paris in 1612. However, it is rumoured that he actually died on September 23, 1611, after falling from his horse. He is known as the first person to write about underconsumption Coming from the gentry Protestant, poor, he worked and became a tailor. He left the Dauphiné and went to Navarre. There he met Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV of France. Then, in 1576, he became a "silver merchant" for the king.
Henri GervexHenri Gervex (10 December 1852 – 7 June 1929) was a French painter who studied painting under Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre-Nicolas Brisset, and Eugène Fromentin. He was the son of Joséphine Peltier and Félix Nicolas Gervex, a piano maker. When he was 15, a friend of the family helped him get admitted to the atelier of Pierre-Nicolas Brisset. Three years later, he served in the 152nd Battalion of the National Guard.
4th Foreign Regiment (France)The 4th Foreign Regiment (4e Régiment étranger, 4e RE) is a training regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. Prior to assuming the main responsibility of training Legion recruits, it was an infantry unit which participated in campaigns in Morocco, Levant, French Indochina, and Algeria. Created in November 1920 in Marrakesh, Morocco, the 4th Foreign Regiment became the 4th Foreign Infantry Regiment in 1922. Following its formation, the regiment was engaged in campaigns in Morocco in the Rif War between 1920 and 1934.
Fortier (TV series)Fortier is a French-language Canadian television series which debuted on the TVA network in Quebec from February 3, 2000, and ended on April 1, 2004. A subtitled version later aired on the English-language CBC Television network, as part of its now-defunct late-night Best of French Canada anthology series, then followed by broadcast internationally on TV5 Monde, and later re-showing again for the disability network AMI-tv on July 18, 2017. It was made by Aetios Productions, and the show's creator, writer and producer Fabienne Larouche.
André SavignonAndré Savignon (1 January 1878 – 10 January 1947) was a French author. Savignon was born to (Eugène) Michel Savignon and (Louise) Isabelle Varanguien de Villepin in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées. He married Marie-Josèphe Monzelun on 29 July 1902 in Paris. Between 1908 and 1914 he made numerous trips to England, particularly to Plymouth. After World War I, he moved to St Malo (Ille et Vilaine, France). On 27 September 1919 he married Berthe Desgranges at Ambérac (Charentes, France). He left no descendants from either of his marriages.
Eugène de MalbosEugène de Malbos (21 August 1811 – 29 May 1858) was a French Romantic painter known for his lithographs of the Pyrenees. Some of his works are hosted by the Paul-Dupuy Museum in Toulouse. His signature is : “E. de Mal.”. Un voyage d'artiste. Guide dans les Pyrénées par deux amis, Dagalier, Toulouse 1835, with Gustave de Clausade Croquis d'un élève de M.
Eugène WilhelmEugène Wilhelm in French, or in German Eugen Wilhelm (Strasbourg, 1866–1951) was a French-German lawyer and sexologist. Wilhelm was born in Strasbourg in a Protestant family. Between 1885 and 1890 he studied law in Strasbourg. In 1890 he took his doctoral degree (Dr.iur). After his studies, he worked as a judge in Strasbourg. He resigned 1908 to avoid a homosexuality scandal. After World War I he worked as a lawyer in Strasbourg until 1948.
Jean RoussetJean Rousset (20 February 1910 – 15 September 2002) was a Swiss literary critic who worked on French literature, and in particular on Baroque literature of the late Renaissance and early seventeenth century. He is sometimes grouped with the Geneva School and with early Structuralism. Jean Rousset began his studies in law, before changing to literature. He studied under Albert Thibaudet and Marcel Raymond and after working as a French lecturer in Halle and Munich, became professor at the University of Geneva.
