french authors

Presents a comprehensive biography of nineteenth-century French science-fiction author, Jules Verne, that chronicles childhood and major accomplishments, and his influence on history and the literary world.

A collection of essays, poems, reflections, and interviews exploring the work of Nobel Prize-winning teacher, author, and humanitarian Elie Wiesel.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and works of notable French authors, covering a period that ranges from 1789 through the late twentieth century; and features essays on significant movements, literary groups, and publications. Includes a chronology, as well as title and general indexes.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and works of notable French authors, covering a period that ranges from the early 1500s to 1789; and features essays on significant movements, literary groups, and publications. Includes a chronology, as well as title and general indexes.

Presents the life and works of the French aviator and writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Includes chronology.

Elie Wiesel recounts his life story, telling of his childhood in the Carpathian mountains, his imprisonment at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and his career as a journalist.

A biography of the Algerian-born, French existential novelist, dramatist, and essayist.

Twentieth-century Nobel Peace Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel addresses a variety of subjects during an interview with American historian Richard Heffner.

Presents the autobiography of eighteenth-century novelist and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, chronicles his life from his childhood in Geneva and literary success in Paris to his persecution and exile by the government, and includes textual notes, bibliography, chronology, and explanatory notes.

Contains the text of the play about the swashbuckling Cyrano de Bergerac who secretly loves his cousin Roxane but believes he is too ugly to ever win her affection, and includes notes and a full introduction.