Opened in 1996, the new national library was the last and costliest of Mitterrand's grands projets. Its architect, Dominique Perrault, was criticised for his da ...

THREE PERSONALITIES dominated French national life in this century: Georges Clemenceau, “the Tiger” who was premier in World War I; Charles de Gaulle, the general who raised France from… ...

The National Library of France has undergone an extensive renovation, and relics from Charlemagne to Voltaire are now on display. By Elaine Sciolino PARIS — King Dagobert’s bronze throne ...

The National Library of France, also known as the François-Mitterrand Library, plans to exhibit the fully restored manuscript in the autumn. The occasion will mark the 100th anniversary of Marcel ...

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Mitterrand has never been so prominent in the phantasies of the left. And 1981 has never weighed so heavily in the strategies of reconquest at work for the past six months.

Frédéric Mitterrand's name alone evokes a multitude of images and episodes intertwined with France's cultural life. Born on August 21, 1947, this man of literary and cinema culture, the nephew ...