As it happens, La Fontaine took the tale of the devout vizier and the hypocritical hermit from the French translation of the 13th-century Persian poet Sa’di’s Golestan (‘Rose Garden’), one of the best ...

Lily Fontaine’s friends placed bets on whether her band English Teacher’s debut album would win the 2024 Mercury Prize. The odds were astonishingly good – bookies pegged the post-punk outfit from ...

Lorraine J. (Gallant) Fontaine, 96, of Worcester, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 in The Christopher House after an illness. Mrs. Fontaine was married for 65 years to her loving ...

Hollywood’s award season has already warmed up the new year; the Golden Globes successfully separated favorites from potential surprises, and nominations for SAG and Critics Choice Awards have ...

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at Persian miniatures and at Vincent van Gogh, but his words echoed the views of Franco-French artists who reeled at the success of non-French artists on the Paris scene at that time, Chagall, Soutine ...

Richard Fontaine is the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He served as president of CNAS from 2012–19 and as senior fellow from 2009–12. Prior to CNAS, he was ...

Frank Fontaine was born in Montreal and raised in New York State and England. He comes from an average dysfunctional family. He began his college education at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

The Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art at SOAS are a series of academic lectures dedicated to Iranian art and culture and are intended for publication. The lectures and publications carry the name of ...

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