authors, french

Nobel Peace Laureate and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is shadowed by a documentary crew as he returns to his native village in Romania and relates the story of his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Birkenau as a child.

A biography of twentieth-century French writer, filmmaker, and political activist Marguerite Duras, drawing from letters, diaries, notebooks, and tape-recorded conversations with Duras, to provide information about her childhood, her relationships, her work, and other aspects of her life.

Biography of French author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery who, before his disappearance in 1944, created The Little Prince.

Provides a comprehensive biography of French writer Alexandre Dumas that includes critiques of his most popular works.

The author recounts his experiences as a mail pilot in the late 20s and early 30s in South America and Africa.

Presents a street-by-street guide to Paris, and a town-by-town guide to the other regions of France, highlighting attractions of literary significance; and features over 120 excerpts from novels, poems, travel writing, and short stories related to each location.