Jacques Prévert’s Fascination with the Cinema

The world of films has been his heaven. Through photographs, posters and manuscripts, the Pathé foundation in Paris demonstrates the curiosity and catholicity of taste of the poet Jacques Prévert. Eugénie Bachelot Prévert never misses an opportunity to pay tribute to her grandfather, Jacques Prévert (1900-1977). In partnership with Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation of Paris, she has been the inspiration behind the exhibition that celebrated the...

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Jagadbandhu Bhadra

Jagadbandhu Bhadra (জগদ্বন্ধু ভদ্র) (1842 – 1906) was the headmaster of a government school in eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh). He retired in 1896. In the Bengali year 1310 he compiled and published Gaurapada Tarangini (গৌরপদতরঙ্গিনী), a poem comprising 1517 verses and written by 80 ancient Vaishnava sages, an act that made him famous in Bengali literature. He was a pioneer in his research on the lives of the Vaishnava poets. He published...

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