10-636: Paul-Jacques Bonzon (31 August 1908 – 24 September 1978) was a French writer , best known for the series Les six compagnons ("Six companions"). He was born in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche and educated in Saint-Lô . In 1935 he married a teacher in Drôme and moved to this department, where he worked as a school teacher and later principal for twenty-five years. He died in Valence in 1978 This article about
20-540: A French writer or poet is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . French literature French Language and Literature French literary history Medieval 16th century • 17th century 18th century • 19th century 20th century • Contemporary Literature by country France • Quebec Postcolonial • Haiti Franco-American Portals France • Literature French literature Wikisource French literature ( French : littérature française ) generally speaking,
30-529: A major creative evolution, and through the political and artistic programs of the Ancien Régime , French literature came to dominate European letters in the 17th century. In the 18th century, French became the literary lingua franca and diplomatic language of western Europe (and, to a certain degree, in America), and French letters have had a profound impact on all European and American literary traditions while at
40-626: Is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in the French language by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal , Tunisia , Algeria , Morocco , etc. is referred to as Francophone literature . For centuries, French literature has been an object of national pride for French people, and it has been one of
50-556: The 11th century, literature written in medieval French was one of the oldest vernacular (non-Latin) literatures in western Europe and it became a key source of literary themes in the Middle Ages across the continent. Although the European prominence of French literature was eclipsed in part by vernacular literature in Italy in the 14th century, literature in France in the 16th century underwent
60-510: The French have come to have a profound cultural attachment to their literary heritage. Today, French schools emphasize the study of novels, theater and poetry (often learnt by heart). The literary arts are heavily sponsored by the state and literary prizes are major news. The Académie française and the Institut de France are important linguistic and artistic institutions in France, and French television features shows on writers and poets (one of
70-481: The most influential aspects of the literature of Europe . France ranks first on the list of Nobel Prizes in literature by country. One of the first known examples of French literature is the Song of Roland , the first major work in a series of poems known as, " chansons de geste ". The French language is a Romance language derived from Latin and heavily influenced principally by Celtic and Frankish . Beginning in
80-510: The most watched shows on French television was Apostrophes , a weekly talk show on literature and the arts). Literature matters deeply to the people of France and plays an important role in their sense of identity. As of 2022, fifteen French authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature which is more than novelists, poets and essayists of any other country. In 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre
90-545: The same time being heavily influenced by these other national traditions. Africa and the far East have brought the French language to non-European cultures that are transforming and adding to the French literary experience today. Under the aristocratic ideals of the Ancien Régime (the "honnête homme"), the nationalist spirit of post-revolutionary France, and the mass educational ideals of the Third Republic and modern France,
100-535: Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he declined it, stating that "It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize winner. A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form." For most of the 20th century, French authors had more Literature Nobel Prizes than those of any other nation. The following French or French language authors have won
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