Word: assia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
INDUCTED. Assia Djebar, 69, Algerian writer and filmmaker, into the ?lite Acad?mie fran?aise, its first member from France's former North African colonies; in Paris. In a writing career spanning half a century, Djebar has won acclaim for tackling difficulties faced by women in Muslim societies. Currently a professor of French literature at New York University, Djebar becomes one of only 40 "immortals," as the Acad?mie's members are known...
...their way during a night out. Way normal! Sure, Jaime may de-stress at the Frederic Fekkai salon, and Ally may be talking about a $700-a-night limo and not a 30-pack of High Life, but let’s just ignore that. Rod Assia, executive producer of “Rich Girls,” offered Fox News his analysis: “These are very common teen themes; they’re just set in Manhattan and are a little more fabulous...
...targets Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, as a major factor in her suicide. From his first mention of Hughes, his violence, power and promiscuity are emphasized. What finally persuades the reader are Alexander's use of statements made by Plath: "Sylvia also said Hughes made an admission: he and Assia [his mistress] had speculated that, in light of her past emotional problems, Sylvia might already have killed herself. If she were dead, Hughes told Plath, he could sell Court Green and take Frieda [their daughter...
...Knoedler's nudes with something contemporary and three-dimensional could see distinction in both respects at the Buchholz Gallery. The exhibition was of bronzes by Charles Despiau, 65, a quiet, interminable workman who has gradually taken rank as one of the two or three finest French sculptors. His Assia (see cut), a 35-inch bronze done in 1938, was the chief work shown. Not ten classic "standing nudes" so esthetically satisfactory have been fashioned since the time of Rodin...
...semi-starvation and odd jobs. Annette. who has also had her troubles in Rumania, comes back to Paris and takes a job as secretary to a notorious gutter-journalist; rumor quickly calls her his mistress. Marc avoids her, falls on worse & worse days, finally collapses into dangerous illness. Assia. a Russian girl who lives in the next room, nurses him, sends for Annette, and mother and son are reconciled. When Marc is convalescent he and Assia fall in love. Assia, who has been through a scarring mill, tells Annette her life story, offers to leave Marc. But wise Annette tells...