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Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893–1945), author of Gilles and The Fire Within; Louis Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit; Rose Celli (1895–1982) Henri de Montherlant (1895–1972) Jean Giono (1895–1970)
Véronique Delphine Delamare (born Couturier; 17 February 1822 – 8 March 1848) [1] was a French housewife who took numerous lovers and later committed suicide. She was said to have been the inspiration for Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary.
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
French schoolboy who was abducted from a school summer camp in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins on April 6, 2004. His naked body, which was bound to a cinderblock, was found in a pond in Guérande on May 19. German serial killer and prolific child rapist Martin Ney has been charged in his murder. [112] Murdered 1 month 2004 Paiche Onyemaechi: 25
His travel books were among the first to be illustrated with photographs. Du Camp, the most famous traveller of his time, was the dedicatee of the final poem, Le Voyage, written in 1859, from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. Du Camp's 1855 poetry collection, Les Chants Modernes, includes a poem titled Le Voyageur.
Perry's mother Maxine died in 2009; the filmmaker dedicated a 2023 documentary on his upbringing and career to his mother, titled Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, and was moved to tears when ...
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McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. [1] In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled Time Future. [2] It won the 1999 George Turner Award and finished ninth in 2000 Locus Awards for best first novel. [3]