(106–43 BC) Consul of Rome (63 BC) Governor of Cilicia (51–50 BC) Works: • Brutus (Latin) • De consulatu suo (Latin) • De inventione (Latin) • De legibus (Latin) • De optimo genere oratorum (Latin) • De oratore (Latin) •…
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne
(1734–1806) Nicolas-Edme Rétif Works: • L’Anti-Justine; ou, Les Delices de l’amour (French) • Contes de Restif de la Bretonne (French) Restif de la Bretonne in Film: La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni Born October 23…
Giacomo Casanova
(1725–1798) Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Works: • The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (English) Filmography as Writer: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont Casanova in Film: La nuit de…
Anthony Burgess
(1917–1993) John Anthony Burgess Wilson, FRSL Filmography as Writer: A Clockwork Orange 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee Jesus of Nazareth 1977 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey Born February 25 1917 Manchester (England) Died…
Jean-Claude Carrière
(1931) Filmography as Writer: Belle de Jour 1967 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel La piscine 1969 Director: Jacques Deray Starring: Romy Schneider, Alain Delon Borsalino 1970 Director: Jacques Deray Starring: Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie…
Marcel Pagnol
(1895–1974) Marcel Paul Pagnol Filmography as Director and Writer: La fille du puisatier 1940 Director: Marcel Pagnol Starring: Raimu, Fernandel Filmography as Writer: La fille du puisatier 2011 Director: Daniel Auteuil Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey Born February 28 1895 Aubagne (France) Died…
Pier Paolo Pasolini
(1922–1975) Filmography as Director: Edipo re 1967 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti Medea 1969 Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Starring: Maria Callas, Massimo Girotti Filmography as Writer: Le notti di Cabiria 1957 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Giulietta…
Stéphane Mallarmé
(1842–1898) Étienne Mallarmé Works: • Pages (1891) Translations: • Le Corbeau d’Edgar Poe (1875) Edgar Allan Poe‘s The Raven translated into French, illustrated by Édouard Manet. Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 1875 Metropolitan Museum of…
Charles Baudelaire
(1821–1867) Charles-Pierre Baudelaire Works: • Les Fleurs du Mal (1857) ◊ The Flowers of Evil (English) Quotes: • Charles Baudelaire: Quotations Baudelaire in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Hommage à Delacroix 1864 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National…
Judith Gautier
(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…