Du Bellay and his contemporaries, the Pléiade, frequently made use of diminutives (violettes, fleurettes, vermeillettes, oeillettes) to add charm to their poems.
In 2012, Albert Camus, Nobel prize winner and author of some of the greats of French literature, went under scrutiny for a photo in which he was smoking a cigarette.
Actions speak louder than words so good luck with this French idioms quiz, look out for the next one coming soon…and break a leg!
Ramon Faura at the Collections de Saint-Cyprien
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The painting, now hanging in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, famously shocked the bourgeois society of his time.
Romer Kitching joins the long line of painters inspired by Céret
Love reading? Love the Pyrenées-Orientales? Why not combine the two? All of these books can be bought via the links or found in local book shops. Bonne lecture!
French poem about the River Tech, with useful vocabulary
Christopher Taylor’s black and white photographs of people, their homes, churches, tables or bowls reflect their stark Icelandic setting.