Tag: centenary
no official or popular tribute for the centenary of the death of Lenin, father of the Bolshevik revolution of 1917
In Russia, January 21, 2024 is a day almost like any other. If around 600 statues of Lenin still populate the territory, the anniversary of his death excites neither the…
Max Roach’s centenary
To realize the importance of Max Roach in “The Epic of Black Music”, it is enough to cite the musicians with whom he wrote great chapters in the history of…
Centenary of the Kanto Plain earthquake: the foreigners of the forgotten pogroms of the tributes in Japan
Japan froze this Friday at 11:58 a.m. local time at the precise moment when, 100 years ago, on September 1, 1923, it suffered the most serious natural disaster in its…
24 hours of Le Mans 2023: all about the centenary race, the TV program
24 HOURS OF LE MANS 2023. The centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 will take place on the weekend of June 10 and 11 on the…
a tribute to the Cinémathèque française for the centenary of its birth
Sembène Ousmane would have been a hundred years old on January 1, 2023. This mythical figure of African cinema, also a novelist and short story writer, was born in Ziguinchor…
Fondazione Endesa illuminates the exterior of the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See for the fourth centenary
(Finance) – The Palazzo di Spagna celebrates the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Embassy at the Holy See with one new artistic lighting of the facadesthanks to the contribution of…
Literature: Marcel Proust celebrated on the occasion of the centenary of his death
On the occasion of the centenary of his death, the French writer Marcel Proust is everywhere. The National Library of France is devoting a major exhibition to him in Paris,…
Centenary of Marcel Proust: fictitious correspondence with Félicien Marbœuf
If Félicien Marboeuf is totally unknown, he is one of the greatest writers who has never published anything. In this correspondence, we discover a man who was one of the…
The centenary of Illinois Jacquet – The Epic of Black Music
Brilliant saxophonist, Illinois Jacquet would have been 100 years old on October 30, 2022. Born in Broussard, Louisiana, he liked to point out that his parents still spoke French at…
AS COLOR Hércules, a proud centenary of its past
By The old Hercules becomes centenary. He cries for his fans because 100 years come at the worst moment in his history, but in Alicante he lives from the past,…