Boris Cyrulnik (born 26 July 1937 in Bordeaux) is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist. As a Jewish child during World War II, he was entrusted to a foster family for his own protection. In 1943, he was taken with adults in a...
Mylène Demongeot (French pronunciation: [milɛn dəmɔ̃ʒo]; born Marie-Hélène Demongeot [maʁi elɛn]; 29 September 1935 – 1 December 2022) was a French film, television and theatre actress and author with a career spanning seven decades and more than...
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born 3 August 1986) is a Monégasque writer and philosopher with experiences working in journalism and publishing. She has worked extensively as a brand ambassador and fashion model. While for many years she...
In continental philosophy, limit-experience (French: expérience limite) is a quality of experience that approaches the limits of possible experience. This can be in terms of its intensity, and it being seemingly impossible or paradoxical. In...
Over a period of nine years, from July 2011 to October 2020, Dominique Pelicot (French: [dɔminik peliko]), a man from Mazan in south-eastern France, repeatedly drugged and raped his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and invited male strangers through the...
Christiane Singer, married name Christiane Thurn-Valsassina (23 March 1943, in Marseille – 4 April 2007, in Vienna) was an Austrian writer, essayist and novelist.
This is a list of notable French scientists.
Maria Torok (Hungarian: Török Mária [ˈtørøk ˈmaːrijɒ]; 10 November 1925, Budapest – 25 March 1998, New York City) was a Hungarian-born French psychoanalyst. Torok is best known for her idiosyncratic contributions to psychoanalytic theory, developed...
Bordeaux ( bor-DOH; French: [bɔʁdo] ; Gascon Occitan: Bordèu [buɾˈðɛw]; Basque: Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the...
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot (French pronunciation: [pʁi teɔfʁast ʁənodo]) is a French literary award.
