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The Lumière brothers

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The Lumière brothers

Auguste and Louis Lumière were two French engineers who invented the ...cinematographic process and gave the first public film projection in 1895. The earliest two film directors in history illuminated the popular imagination to such an extent that cinema would evolve into the art that it is today.
40th anniversary of the death of Henry de Montherlant (20 April 1895-21 September 1972)

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Henry de Montherlant (1895 - 1972)

The work of Henry de Montherlant, who was considered to be the great stylist of ...the 20th century, "was a rare union of irony and regal language" (Malraux).
The Nobel Prize week: awarding of the 2012 Nobel prizes

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The 2012 Nobel Prize awards

From the 8th of October 2012 until the 15th of October is the period when the ...Nobel Foundation is awarding this year's prizes. We are presenting a summary of the prizes and their winners during the course of this special week.

21st century Soulages Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Lyon

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Pierre Soulages Exhibition

In partnership with the villa Médicis, the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon is ...hosting an exhibition of around twenty of the most recent works of leading French abstract painter, Pierre Soulages.
Maurice Allais (1911-2010)

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Maurice Allais (1911-2010)

At once an economist, physicist and historian, throughout his career Maurice ...Allais never stopped questioning received wisdom, including his own dogmas.
Mary Pierce (1975- )

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Mary Pierce

A French tennis player with amazing fire-power, Mary Pierce won the Australian ...Open in 1995 and Roland-Garros in 2000 and reached the final of the US Open in 2005.
Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938)

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Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938)

Nick-named "la divine", the French player Suzanne Lenglen, the first ever female ...tennis star, won Wimbledon six times and was crowned Olympic Champion in Anvers in 1920.
Yannick Noah (1960- )

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Yannick Noah

"Most popular personality in France", Yannick Noah won the Roland-Garros ...tournament in 1983 and began a second career as a singer in 1990.
Robert Schuman (1886-1963)

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Robert Schuman (1886-1963)

A Founding Father of Europe and the man behind the Franco-German reconciliation, ...Robert Schuman was one of the great French Statesmen of the post-war era.
François Hollande (born 1954)

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François Hollande

Appointed as the candidate for the Socialist Party and radicals of the Left for ...the 2012 Presidential Election, François Hollande was elected as the seventh President of the Republic on 6 May 2012, replacing outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Writers and Intellectuals

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Writers and Intellectuals

Novelists, poets, philosophers, playwrights, men of letters...these make up some ...of France’s most prestigious writers and intellectuals. Discover their careers, their work and their ideals.
Nicolas Sarkozy

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Nicolas Sarkozy

In November 2006, Nicolas Sarkozy put forward his first candidature for the May ...2007 presidential election, which he won with 53.06% of the vote against the Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal.
François Mitterrand (1916-1996)

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François Mitterrand (1916-1996)

Narrowly losing the 1974 election, François Mitterrand was elected president of ...France in 1981 and re-elected in 1988. His two seven-year terms in office were marked by the abolition of the death penalty and the modernisation of the penal code. He also went on to play a key role in European recovery.
Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

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Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

A statesman destined to take on an exceptional mission (“It was up to me to ...take responsibility for France”), at a very young age Charles de Gaulle opted for a military career and Saint-Cyr military school.
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