FILE PHOTO: Peruvian Nobel Prize winner writer Mario Vargas Llosa unveils his new book "Tiempos Recios" during a launching ceremony at Casa de America in Madrid PARIS (Reuters) - The French Academy, ...

A new French ID card with English translations is cast in the background with the old, French-only card in the top-right corner. (Illustration via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — The academy charged ...

Members of the Academie Francaise present the 9th edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise (Dictionary of the French Academy) in Paris on November 14, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / ...

), also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief ...

Varda attended the Cesars luncheon after famously sending a cardboard cutout to the Oscars class photo last week. By Rhonda Richford The street artist posed with a cutout of French filmmaker Agnes ...

The board of directors general assembly of France's Film Academy has announced their collective resignation, responding to weeks of criticism centered on controversial director Roman Polanski and the ...

PARIS — Members of a French Catholic academy have criticized the methodology of a landmark abuse report, prompting resignations from the group. The academy members wrote a 15-page document that ...

The Académie Française, the official guardian of the French language, has decided that it is “preferable” that Covid-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, be defined as feminine in gender.

Seeing the success Caterham’s Academy had in the UK, the company has decided it will introduce a French version for novice drivers. The all-new French Academy will build on the large community the ...

Vargas Llosa’s election comes at a delicate time for the venerable but frequently derided institution, which is struggling to fill longstanding vacancies among its 40 sitting “Immortals” even as its ...

The Césars recognize the most remarkable works of French cinema. Paris -- Two weeks before the awards ceremony, the board of the Césars Academy, which each year recognizes the most remarkable works of ...