In Our Lady of the CountercultureMW
writes of her own early search for heroinism from heroines like Eleanor of Aquitaine
or Florence Nightingale
(featured in the young people's comic Girl) through scandalous women...
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By July 1955: Françoise Sagan, aged eighteen, repeated...
Writing climate item
By July 1955
Françoise Sagan
, aged eighteen, repeated in England the previous year's sensational success in France of her novel Bonjour Tristesse: the English version was by Irene Ash
.
British Book News. British Council.
(1955): 1138
Corbett, Anne. “Françoise Sagan”. The Guardian, 27 Sept. 2004, p. 23.
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Chrisafis, Angelique. “Bonjour Françoise: France in thrall to Sagan”. The Guardian, 31 May 2008, p. 25.
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By July 1955: Françoise Sagan, aged eighteen, repeated...
Writing climate item
By July 1955
Françoise Sagan
, aged eighteen, repeated in England the previous year's sensational success in France of her novel Bonjour Tristesse: the English version was by Irene Ash
.
British Book News. British Council.
(1955): 1138
Corbett, Anne. “Françoise Sagan”. The Guardian, 27 Sept. 2004, p. 23.
23
Chrisafis, Angelique. “Bonjour Françoise: France in thrall to Sagan”. The Guardian, 31 May 2008, p. 25.
25
28 November 1956: The film Et Dieu . . . créa la femme (And...
Building item
28 November 1956
The film Et Dieu . . . créa la femme (And Woman . . . Was Created in the UK and And God Created Woman in the USA) had its French premiere. It starred...
16 April 2007: Novelist Yann Martel began a project of sending...
Writing climate item
16 April 2007
Novelist Yann Martel
began a project of sending a book every two weeks to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
together with an admonitory letter; on a website he recorded the books sent and gave the...
