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Jean-Dominique Bauby
French writer and editor (1952–1997)
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Bauby, blinking, to Claude Mendibil, transcribing, 1996 | |
| Born | (1952-04-23)23 April 1952 Paris, France |
| Died | 9 March 1997(1997-03-09) (aged 44) Berck-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas de Calais, France |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, writer |
| Language | French |
| Notable works | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| Children | 2 |
Jean-Dominique Bauby (French:[ʒɑ̃dɔminikbobi]; 23 April 1952 – 9 March 1997) was a French journalist, author and editor of the French fashion magazine Elle.
Early life and career
Bauby was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, and grew up in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, on Rue du Mont-Thabor, north of the Tuileries Garden, living in the building where Alfred de Musset had lived.[1]
He began his journalism career at Combat and then Le Quotidien de Paris. He received his first by-line the day Georges Pompidou died in 1974. At age 28, he was promoted to editor-in-chief of the daily Le Matin de Paris, before becoming edit
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Monoray to bring French journalist’s ‘uniquely exhaustive’ book on Bowie to UK readers
Monoray has acquired David Bowie Rainbowman 1967–1980 by Jérôme Soligny, a “meticulously detailed history of the moments that shaped Bowie’s musical career told by the people who were actually ‘in the room’ with him".
Jake Lingwood, publisher, acquired world English rights from Mathilde Barrois at Gallimard. The book will be released on 5th September 2023 – the year of the 50th anniversary of the release of “Aladdin Sane".
Published in France in 2019 as the first of two volumes, it is now appearing in English for the first time. The publisher says this “uniquely exhaustive work” on Bowie’s 1967–1980 albums draws on over 150 extensive interviews with some of the most significant people in David Bowie’s life – the musicians, producers and friends who knew Bowie best, including Ken Scott, Hermione Farthingale, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, George Underwood, Mick Ronson, Carlos Alomar, Trevor Bolder, Mike Garson, Woody Woodmansey and many others.
With an essay on each album, followed by oral histories f
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Emile Zola Biography – French Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Naturalism, Legacy
Emile Zola. Étienne Carjat, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Emile Zola was a French writer and journalist, who was a significant figure in the political liberalization of France and an important pioneer of the literary school of Naturalism.
Zola wrote several novels, plays, and articles. Through his plays, he assisted in the development of theatrical naturalism along with other great writers such as Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and .
Early Life
Emile Zola was born on 2nd April 1840 in Paris, France, to Emilie Aubert and Francois Zola. Francois was an Italian-born French engineer known for engineering the Zola Dam near Le Tholonet in Aix-en-Provence.
In 1843, when Zola was only 3 years old, the family moved to Aix-en-Provence. And in 1847, when he was 7 years old, his father died, leaving the family dependent on a meager pension.
While the family lived in Aix-en-Provence, Zola met and befriended a young boy named Paul Cezanne, who was a year younger than him. Cezanne, as we all know,
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