Showing posts with label Yvelines (78). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yvelines (78). Show all posts
12 September 2018

José Bruyr in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines (78)

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José Bruyl (1889–1980) was a Francophone Belgian poet who was one of the founder members of L'Académie Charles-Cros. He was also a me...

Jacques Fesch in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines (78)

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Jacques Fesch (1930–57) was condemned to death for theft while carrying a firearm in 1954, followed by the death of a policeman. Wh...

Jacques Tati in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines (78)

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Jacques Tati (1907–82) was born Jacques Tatischeff of French-Russian-Dutch-Italian origin. His family grave is in Saint-Germain-en-Lay...
2 September 2018

Boîte à lire in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines (78)

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This boîte à lire in Maisons-Laffitte, here called a Bibliobox, was made from a former telephone box in Remagen, Maisons-Laffitte's ...
26 September 2017

Cimetière du Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines (78) #5: Jeanne and André Bourin

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Jeanne Bourin (1922–2003) (née Mondot), was a historical novelist who returned to the Catholic faith at the age of forty. She had a...

Cimetière du Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines (78) #4: Louis Pauwels

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' Quand verrai-je ma fin du monde ? Que votre Volonté soit faite etnon la mienne. Mais je vourdrais semer des oiseaux dans ceux ...

Cimetière du Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines (78) #3: Józef Czapski

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Józef Czapski (1896–1993) was one of the officers to survive the Katyń massacre, and was a fourth founder of Kultura: another exile l...

Cimetière du Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines (78) #2: Zofia and Zygmunt Hertz

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Zofia Hertz (1911–2003) was the first Polish woman to become a lawyer. She met Jerzy Giedroyc in 1933 at the Bureau de la culture, de ...

Cimetière du Mesnil-le-Roi, Yvelines (78) #1: Jerzy Giedroyc

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I showed a photo of a plaque dedicated to Jerzy Giedroyc (1906–2000) a few posts below, and now I discover him in the Cimetière du Mes...
22 September 2017

Jerzy Giedroyc in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines (78)

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'Jerzy GIEDROYC 1906–2000 Fondateur de « Kultura » revue politique polonaise – et de l'Institut Littéraire a vécu et t...
13 November 2015

Paris 2015: Cimetière de Bougival #2: Georges Avenel

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Georges Avenel (1828–76) was the brother of the writer Paul Avenel (1823–1902) and spent much of his life researching the French Revoluti...

Paris 2015: Cimetière de Bougival #1: Émile Richebourg

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'À ÉMILE RICHEBOURG HOMME DE LETTRES 1833 – 1898' Émile Richebourg is now virtually forgotten, although he was o...
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29 September 2015

Paris 2015: Victorien Sardou, Cimetière de Marly-le-roi (78)

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'SÉPULTURE VICTORIEN SARDOU'     'À SON PRÉSIDENT D'HONNEUR VICTORIEN SARDOU SOCIÉTÉ DES AUTEURS ET COMPOSIT...

Paris 2015: André Baillon, Cimetière de Marly-le-roi (78) #1

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'1875 – 1932   AU ROMANCIER ANDRÉ BAILLON SES AMIS.'     An impressive tribute to the brilliant Belgian-bor...

Paris 2015: Léon Frapié, Cimetière du Montoir, Houilles (78)

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  'LÉON FRAPIÉ 1863–1949'   For nearly forty years Léon Frapié wrote a number of realist novels, of which La Mater...
20 September 2014

Lise Lamarre in Versailles, Yvelines (78): Cimetière des Gonards #5

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Lise (or Louise) Lamarre was a poet and a journalist. 'LISE LAMARRE       DONT LA VIE FUT VOUÉE À L'ART ET À L'AMITI...

Louise Bryant in Versailles, Yvelines (78): Cimetière des Gonards #4

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Louise Bryant (1885–1936) was an American writer who espoused socialist and anarchist causes. Her first marriage was to John Reed – w...

Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac in Versailles, Yvelines (78): Cimetière des Gonards #3

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A superb image of a dandy: the gay poet Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855–1921) was the model for Esseintes in Huysmans's À Rebou...

Armand Renaud in Versailles, Yvelines (78): Cimetière des Gonards #2

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The Renaud plot in the Cimetière des Gonards includes a rather impressive bust of the poet Armand Renaud (1836–95). Armand Re...
19 September 2014

Edith Wharton in Versailles, Yvelines (78): Cimetière des Gonards #1

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'EDITH WHARTON NÉE EDITH NEWBOLD JONES 24 JANVIER 1862  – 11 AO ÛT 1937' Edith Wharton's grave in the Cimetière de...