Marcel Simonet (born 7 January 1902, date of death unknown) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1923 Tour de France.
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( PROOST; French: [maʁsɛl pʁust]; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist best known for his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (translated into English as In...
In previous years, the cyclists had been divided in two classes, the sponsored class and the unsponsored class. For the 1923 Tour de France, this system changed, and three categories were used: the "first category", of the top cyclist, the "second...
The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th edition of the Tour de France, taking place 24 June to 22 July. It consisted of 15 stages over 5386 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.233 km/h. The race was won by Henri Pélissier with a convincing half-hour...
In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as Remembrance of Things Past, and sometimes referred to in French as La Recherche (IPA: [la ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ]; lit. 'The Search'), is a novel in seven volumes by...
À la recherche du temps perdu is a 2011 television film by Nina Companéez, based on Marcel Proust's 1913–1927 seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time. The two-part film attempts to cover the entire novel with the exception of the first volume,...
Denis Simonet (born May 21, 1985, Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss politician, and was the first president of the Pirate Party Switzerland (PPS). In April 2012 he was elected as a board member of Pirate Parties International. He also is the chairman of the...
Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor.
Sophie's Misfortunes (French: Les Malheurs de Sophie) is a children's book written by the Countess of Ségur. The book was published in 1858 by the publisher Hachette. The illustrations were by Horace Castelli, a French artist.
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, standing on Avenue Achille Peretti. It has been included on the Inventaire...
