Lucien Daudet ;
43-599: Daudet is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the surname [ edit ] Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897), French novelist Célimène Daudet (born 1977), French classical pianist Ernest Daudet (1837–1921), French journalist, novelist and historian François Daudet (born 1965), French classical pianist Joris Daudet (born 1991), French cyclist Julia Daudet (1844–1940), French writer, poet and journalist Léon Daudet (1867–1942), French journalist, writer, an active Orléanist, and
86-519: A platform for the hard right of Le Figaro . Information science specialist Aurélie Olivesi noted the proximity between the "polemical site" FigaroVox and the magazine Causeur , with some journalists having worked for both media. According to Causeur , the section opened its doors to authors from both the left and the right. According to Nolwenn Le Blevennec, however, FigaroVox was haunted by an "identitarian obsession," exhibited an ultra- conservative and sovereignist editorial line, and remained
129-541: A conservative editorial stance, becoming the voice of the French upper and middle classes. More recently, the newspaper's political stance has become more centrist. The newspaper's ownership by Serge Dassault was a source of controversy in terms of conflict-of-interest, as Dassault also owned a major military supplier and served in political positions from the Union for a Popular Movement party. His son Olivier Dassault served as
172-505: A windmill in Fontvieille , Provence , won the attention of many readers. The first of his longer books, Le Petit Chose (1868), did not, however, produce popular sensation. It is, in the main, the story of his own earlier years told with much grace and pathos. The year 1872 brought the famous Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon , and the three-act play L'Arlésienne . But Fromont jeune et Risler aîné (1874) at once took
215-482: A 40% stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002. Since March 2004, Le Figaro has been controlled by Serge Dassault , a conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation , which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel Dassault (1892–1986). Dassault owns 80% of the paper, by way of its media subsidiary Groupe Figaro . Franz-Olivier Giesbert
258-415: A complete bibliography see Works by Alphonse Daudet [ fr ] . Bibliography Le Figaro Le Figaro ( French: [lə fiɡaʁo] ) is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there
301-460: A fee. In September 2011, the newspaper launched an online wine magazine. In February 2014, FigaroVox , a platform for debates and ideas, was launched. In 2008, Le Figaro became the leading news site on the Internet according to Internet audience data published by Nielsen Médiamétrie / NetRatings . On November 17, 2011, the site was awarded the title of "Best Mobile Media" for the second time at
344-458: A manifesto signed by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti which initiated the establishment of Futurism in art. On 16 March 1914, Gaston Calmette , the editor of Le Figaro , was assassinated by Henriette Caillaux , the wife of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux , after he published a letter that cast serious doubt on her husband's integrity. In 1922, Le Figaro was purchased by perfume millionaire François Coty . Abel Faivre did cartoons for
387-479: A member of the French National Assembly . Dassault has remarked in an interview in 2004 on the public radio station France Inter that "newspapers must promulgate healthy ideas" and that "left-wing ideas are not healthy ideas." In February 2012, a general assembly of the newspaper's journalists adopted a motion accusing the paper's managing editor, Étienne Mougeotte , of having made Le Figaro into
430-578: A member of the Académie Goncourt (son of Alphonse Daudet) Lucien Daudet (1878–1946), French novelist, painter, and friend of Marcel Proust (son of Alphonse Daudet) People with the given name [ edit ] Daudet N'Dongala (born 1944), French footballer See also [ edit ] Prix Jean Ferré , a French literary prize formerly known as the Daudet Prize [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
473-558: A more comfortable reading format with minimal advertising, available from 10 p.m. the evening before the print publication. At this stage, digital activities represented 25% of the group's revenue and 22% of advertising revenue. Various platforms were simultaneously created: Scan Politique, Scan Sport, Scan TV, Figaro Immobilier, Figaro Jardin, and recently, Scan Éco. The number of digital subscribers grew rapidly. In 2017, Le Figaro had 80,000 digital subscribers, in addition to 70,000 subscribers to both print and digital editions. In 2019, it
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#1732897710307516-574: A platform where one could read the National Front in the text, or link Islam and Daesh . Left-wing figures, such as Gaël Brustier , Jean-Luc Mélenchon , and Thomas Guénolé , were invited "sometimes" or more regularly like Laurent Bouvet . Éric Zemmour and Alain Finkielkraut were very appreciated there. According to L'Express , the invited authors included liberals and left-wing sovereignists, but in larger numbers were advocates of
559-622: A right-wing newspaper and we express it clearly, by the way. Our readers know it, our journalists too. There's nothing new to that!" In the period of 1995–96, the paper had a circulation of 391,533 copies, behind Le Parisien ' s 451,159 copies. Le Figaro formed the Groupe Figaro (a subsidiary of the Marcel Dassault Industrial Group ). The former company, Socpresse , which was dismantled in 2005, officially became Dassault Media (Figaro Group) in 2011. The newspaper
602-426: A schoolteacher at Alès , Gard , in the south of France. The position proved to be intolerable and Daudet said later that for months after leaving Alès he would wake with horror, thinking he was still among his unruly pupils. These experiences and others were reflected in his novel Le Petit Chose . On 1 November 1857, he abandoned teaching and took refuge with his brother Ernest Daudet , three years his senior, who
645-495: A section called Le Figaro in English, which provides the global English-speaking community with daily original or translated content from Le Figaro 's website. The section ended in 2012. In the 2010s, Le Figaro saw future presidential candidate Éric Zemmour 's columns garner great interest among readers that would later serve to launch his political career. Defunct Defunct Le Figaro has traditionally held
688-570: A video platform for students launched in 2011, was acquired by Figaro Classifieds in June 2014. In 2015, CCM Benchmark Group was acquired at 100%, including leading websites like L'Internaute , Journal du Net , Le Journal des femmes, Droit-finances.net… The acquisition of these leading sites allowed Figaro to move from the fifteenth place in non-mobile web traffic to fourth place, with 24 million unique visitors, behind Google (41 million), Microsoft (35 million), and Facebook (26 million). Le Figaro sponsored
731-498: Is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . Other Groupe Figaro publications include Le Figaro Magazine , TV Magazine and Evene . The paper is published in Berliner format. Le Figaro was founded as a satirical weekly in 1826, taking its name and motto from Le Mariage de Figaro , the 1778 play by Pierre Beaumarchais that poked fun at privilege. Its motto, from Figaro's monologue in
774-476: Is no flattering praise". The oldest national newspaper in France, Le Figaro is one of three French newspapers of record , along with Le Monde and Libération . Since 2004, the newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group . Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012. Le Figaro is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after Le Monde . It has a centre-right editorial stance and
817-468: The GDPR . FigaroVox is an online section of figaro.fr created in 2014 by Alexis Brézet , a former journalist at Valeurs actuelles (from 1987 to 2000), "holding a very right-wing line", on the advice of Patrick Buisson , a figure associated with Nicolas Sarkozy's shift to the far right in 2012. FigaroVox was an extension of the "debates and opinions" pages of the print daily on Internet ; appearing on
860-478: The "bulletin" of the governing party, the Union for a Popular Movement , of the government and of President Nicolas Sarkozy . They requested more pluralism and "honesty" and accused the paper of one-sided political reporting. Mougeotte had previously said that Le Figaro would do nothing to embarrass the government and the right. Mougeotte publicly replied: "Our editorial line pleases our readers as it is, it works. I don't see why I should change it. [...] We are
903-495: The "conservative reaction." These intellectuals and polemicists used the platform to criticize globalization . Since 2019, the section has been headed by Guillaume Perrault ; Alexandre Devecchio, whom Le Monde associates with the far right, was its deputy editor. In 2020, the section had six regular columnists, Bertille Bayart, Nicolas Baverez , Renaud Girard , Mathieu Bock-Côté , Luc Ferry , Ivan Rioufol , along with guest contributors. In February 2006, Le Figaro acquired
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#1732897710307946-447: The 2011 Mobile Internet Trophies. In 2013, it was still ranked as the leading French online press site in France. In November of the same year, it broke the record of 11 million unique visitors on a French news website. On April 13, 2015, Figaro Premium was launched, a paid offer (€9.90 per month initially, increasing to €15; free for newspaper subscribers). It provided access to all articles from Le Figaro and its related magazines in
989-556: The group took over the company Météo Consult , which included La Chaîne Météo , and in December 2008, it acquired La Banque Audiovisuelle, the publishing company of vodeo.tv , through its subsidiary The Skreenhouse Factory, dedicated to TV and video on the Internet. On May 18, 2009, it purchased Particulier et Finances Éditions , which included Le Particulier , Le Particulier pratique , Le Particulier Immobilier , and La Lettre des Placements , as well as about thirty practical guides and
1032-476: The homepage of Figaro's website, FigaroVox articles accentuated the political character of this daily. The journalists contributing to FigaroVox were positioned at the crossroads of the right, practicing Catholicism, and the " new reactionaries ". FigaroVox was led by Vincent Trémolet de Villers , who co-authored a book on La Manif pour tous ( And France Awoke. An Investigation into the Revolution of Values ). It
1075-421: The magazine Esprit described it as a platform for "the right of the right", akin to Causeur or Valeurs actuelles . Political scientist Eszter Petronella suggested that FigaroVox allowed Le Figaro to "balance" the more moderate positions of the print daily by giving voice to an "identitarian and militant journalism," thereby catering to the needs of all readers. Nolwenn Le Blevennec of Rue89 described it as
1118-553: The pain he experienced from tabes dorsalis are collected in the volume In the Land of Pain , translated by Julian Barnes . He died in Paris on 16 December 1897, and was interred at that city's Père Lachaise Cemetery . Daudet was a monarchist and a fervent opponent of the French Republic. He was an antisemite, though less famously so than his son Léon . The main character of Le Nabab
1161-467: The paper's early contributors. It was published somewhat irregularly until 1854, when it was taken over by Hippolyte de Villemessant . In 1866, Le Figaro became a daily newspaper. Its first daily edition, that of 16 November 1866, sold 56,000 copies, having highest circulation of any newspaper in France. Its editorial line was royalist. Pauline Savari was among the contributors to the paper at this time. On 20 February 1909 Le Figaro published
1204-430: The paper. Coty enraged many in March 1929 when he renamed the paper simply Figaro , which it remained until 1933. By the start of World War II , Le Figaro had become France's leading newspaper. After the war, it became the voice of the upper middle class , and continues to maintain a conservative position. In 1975, Le Figaro was bought by Robert Hersant 's Socpresse . In 1999, The Carlyle Group obtained
1247-488: The play's final act, is " Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur " ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). In 1833, editor Nestor Roqueplan fought a duel with a Colonel Gallois, who was offended by an article in Le Figaro , and was wounded but recovered. Albert Wolff , Émile Zola , Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr , Théophile Gautier , and Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie were among
1290-574: The sailing race, the Solitaire du Figaro , since its creation in 1970. The newspaper and the Center for Political Research at Sciences Po (CEVIPOF) presented their "Political Studies." Le Figaro replaced Le Monde as a partner of the program Le Grand Jury in September 2006. In partnership with Dargaud Benelux , the newspaper launched in 2010 a 20-volume collection of XIII in a "prestige" edition and
1333-577: The same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daudet&oldid=854492846 " Categories : Given names Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet ( French: [dodɛ] ; 13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897)
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1376-482: The site leparticulier.fr. In September 2010, it took over Adenclassifieds, following a friendly takeover bid ; the subsidiary became Figaro Classifieds , which included Cadremploi , Keljob.com , kelformation , kelstage , kelsalaire.net , CVmail , Explorimmo , CadresOnline , OpenMedia , Seminus , Microcode , achat-terrain.com . The sites achat-terrain.com and constructeurs-maisons.com , created in 2005, were acquired in September 2012. Campus-Channel ,
1419-409: The sports information and content site sport24.com , which had already been managing the sports section of Figaro.fr since 2004; this was the first time that Figaro made such an acquisition. In May 2007, Le Figaro purchased the cultural site evene.fr , which quickly found synergies with Le Figaroscope , and then in June 2007, the ticketing service Ticketac.com was acquired by the group. In 2008,
1462-592: The stage: reminiscing in Trente ans de Paris (1887) and Souvenirs d'un homme de lettres (1888). These, with the three Tartarins – Tartarin de Tarascon , Tartarin sur les Alpes , Port-Tarascon –and the short stories, written for the most part before he had acquired fame and fortune, constitute his life work. L'Immortel is a bitter attack on the Académie française , to which august body Daudet never belonged. Daudet also wrote for children, including La Belle Nivernaise ,
1505-579: The story of an old boat and her crew. In 1867 Daudet married Julia Allard, author of Impressions de nature et d'art (1879), L'Enfance d'une Parisienne (1883), and some literary studies written under the pseudonym "Karl Steen". Daudet was far from faithful, and was one of a generation of French literary syphilitics . Having lost his virginity at the age of twelve, he then slept with his friends' mistresses throughout his marriage. Daudet would undergo several painful treatments and operations for his subsequently paralysing disease. His journal entries relating to
1548-563: The world by storm. It struck a note, not new certainly in English literature, but comparatively new in French. His creativeness resulted in characters that were real and also typical. Jack , a novel about an illegitimate child , a martyr to his mother's selfishness, which followed in 1876, served only to deepen the same impression. Henceforward his career was that of a successful man of letters , mainly spent writing novels: Le Nabab (1877), Les Rois en exil (1879), Numa Roumestan (1881), Sapho (1884), L'Immortel (1888), and writing for
1591-508: Was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet . Daudet was born in Nîmes , France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the bourgeoisie . His father, Vincent Daudet, was a silk manufacturer—a man dogged through life by misfortune and failure. Alphonse, amid much truancy, had a depressing boyhood. In 1856 he left Lyon , where his schooldays had been mainly spent, and began his career as
1634-408: Was accompanied by two daily supplements: Le Figaro Économie , since 1984, printed on salmon-colored paper , and Le Figaro et vous , since 2005, dedicated to culture and lifestyle. Additionally: The online newspaper's address has been lefigaro.fr since 1999. In January 2010, lefigaro.fr introduced features reserved for subscribers. Access to archived articles was also made available for
1677-622: Was among the 50 most visited sites in France and had 130,000 digital subscribers. The milestone of 200,000 website subscribers was reached in November 2020. A study conducted in early 2020 by a cybersecurity company indicated that the personal data of the newspaper's website subscribers had been exposed on an unprotected server. In July 2021, the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties fined Le Figaro €50,000 for installing third-party cookies without users' consent, in violation of
1720-538: Was edited by Alexandre Devecchio, a former journalist for the site Atlantico . Its contributors included Maxime Tandonnet , a former advisor on immigration to Nicolas Sarkozy, and Gilles-William Goldnadel , an attorney for Patrick Buisson . FigaroVox's preferred themes were "the decline of the republican school, poorly controlled immigration , and Islam as the primary threat to national identity". Sociologist Philippe Corcuff considered FigaroVox an "ultraconservative" section. Sociologist Jean-Louis Schlegel of
1763-500: Was editorial director of Le Figaro from 1998 to 2000. In 2006, Le Figaro was banned in Egypt and Tunisia for publishing articles allegedly insulting Islam . Le Figaro switched to Berliner format in 2009. The paper has published The New York Times International Weekly on Friday since 2009, an 8-page supplement featuring a selection of articles from The New York Times translated into French. In 2010, Lefigaro.fr created
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1806-839: Was inspired by a Jewish politician who was elected as a deputy for Nîmes. Daudet campaigned against him and lost. Daudet counted many antisemitic literary figures amongst his friends, including Edouard Drumont , who founded the Antisemitic League of France and founded and edited the anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole . It has been argued that Daudet deliberately exaggerated his links to Provence to further his literary career and social success (following Frederic Mistral's success), including lying to his future wife about his "Provençal" roots. Numerous colleges and schools in contemporary France bear his name and his books are widely read and several are in print. Major works, and works in English translation (date given of first translation). For
1849-749: Was trying, "and thereto soberly", to make a living as a journalist in Paris. Alphonse took to writing, and his poems were collected into a small volume, Les Amoureuses (1858), which met with a fair reception. He obtained employment on Le Figaro , then under Cartier de Villemessant 's energetic editorship, wrote two or three plays, and began to be recognized in literary communities as possessing distinction and promise. Morny , Napoleon III 's all-powerful minister, appointed him to be one of his secretaries—a post which he held till Morny's death in 1865. In 1866, Daudet's Lettres de mon moulin ( Letters from My Windmill ), written in Clamart , near Paris, and alluding to
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