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Posted on October 14, 2022 by GR

A Vault Holding Long-Hidden French Treasures Swings Open Its Doors

The National Library of France has undergone an extensive renovation, and relics from Charlemagne to Voltaire are now on display. Read more

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Category: Miscellaneous
Tags: France, Libraries
Posted on November 18, 2021 by GR

French dictionary accused of ‘wokeism’ over gender-inclusive pronoun

A French reference dictionary has defended its official recognition of a gender-inclusive pronoun, after traditionalists pounced on what they called the latest incursion of US-inspired “wokeism”. Read more

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Category: Miscellaneous
Tags: Culture War, France, Language
Posted on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 by GR

€4.55m Marquis de Sade manuscript acquired for French nation

Original scroll of The 120 Days of Sodom, written while the writer was jailed in the Bastille, has been bought as an ‘emblem of artistic freedom’ Read more

 

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Category: Banned Books
Tags: Artistic Freedom, France, Manuscripts, Marquis de Sade
Posted on April 14, 2021 by GR

Top French publishing house asks would-be authors to stop sending manuscripts

Successive Covid-19 lockdowns in France have given budding writers the time to finally work on that idea for a novel or to polish up an old manuscript languishing in a drawer. As a result, publishers are overwhelmed. Before the pandemic, Gallimard received around 30 manuscripts a day; now they receive around 50. Read more

Category: Publishers
Tags: France, Publishing
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