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La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) La Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur deLa Calprenède, Gautier de Costes, sieur degōtyāˈ də kôst syör də lä kälprənĕdˈ [key], 1609?–1663, French novelist and dramatist. His best-…Gautier, Théophile
(Encyclopedia) Gautier, ThéophileGautier, Théophiletāôfēlˈ [key]Gautier, Théophile gōtyāˈ [key], 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic. He was a leading exponent of “art for art's sake”—the…Brewer's: Gautier
and Garguille (French). All the world and his wife. Se mocquer de Gautier et de Garguille (to make fun of everyone). Gautier-Garguille was a clown of the seventeenth century, who gave…Gautier, Émile Félix
(Encyclopedia) Gautier, Émile FélixGautier, Émile Félixāmēlˈ fālēksˈ gōtyāˈ [key], 1864–1940, French geographer, an authority on Algiers, the Sahara, and the French African possessions. He explored W…Parnassians
(Encyclopedia) ParnassiansParnassianspärnăsˈēənz [key], group of 19th-century French poets, so called from their journal the Parnasse contemporain. Issued from 1866 to 1876, it included poems of…Tarbes
(Encyclopedia) TarbesTarbestärb [key], city (1990 pop. 50,228), capital of Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, on the Adour River. It is an industrial, commercial, and tourist center in a cattle- and…Voyage to the Beginning of the World
Director/Writer:Manoel de OliveiraDirector of Photography:Renato BertaEditor:Valérie LoiseleuxMusic:Emmanuel NuñesProduction Designer:Zé BrancoProducer:Paulo BrancoStrand Releasing; NR; 95…Brewer's: Gauvaine
or Gawain = Gau-wain (2 syl., g hard). Sir Gauvaine the Courteous. One of Arthur's kinghts, and his nephew. He challenged the Green Knight, and struck off his head; but the headless knight…Walter Sans Avoir
(Encyclopedia) Walter Sans Avoir, Fr. Gautier Sans-Avoir, d. 1096, French Crusader, known as Walter the Penniless. He joined Peter the Hermit as leader of an army to the Holy Land. In what came to be…2004 Independent Spirit Awards
The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on Feb. 26, 2005, on Santa Monica beach. Feature…Trending
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