Academie Francaise Author Marguerite Yourcenar Dies The Washington Post (12/19/1987)
...first woman admitted to the Academie Francaise, died Dec. 17 at Mount Desert...admitted to the prestigious Academie Francaise, the 350-year-old guardian...until her admission to the Academie Francaise. There are no immediate ...

Les Prefaces du Dictionnaire de l'Academie francaise 1694-1992.(Review) The Modern Language Review (10/1/1999)
Les Prefaces du Dictionnaire de l'Academie francaise 1694-1992. Ed. by BERNARD QUEMADA. Paris...564 pp. 360F. On its foundation in 1635, the Academie francaise was assigned four tasks: the compilation of a dictionary...

Le Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise et la lexicographie institutionnelle europeene. Actes due colloque international 17, 18 et 19 novembre 1994.(Review) The Modern Language Review (1/1/2001)
Le Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise et la lexicographie institutionnelle europeenne. Actes du colloque international 17, 18 et 19 novembre 1994. Ed. by BERNARD...

La seconde. (the Academie Francaise) The Economist (US) (11/11/1989)
La seconde A DECADE after Marguerite Yourcenar's election to the hitherto exclusively male Academie Francaise, and two years after her death, the 354-year-old institution has welcomed a second academicienne, Jacqueline de Romilly...

Historian Pierre Nora has been elected to the Academie Francaise, taking the seat of the late Michel Droit.(Brief Article) History Today (8/1/2001)
Historian Pierre Nora has been elected to the Academie Francaise, taking the seat of the late Michel Droit. Nora, a prolific author and editor, is best known as author of the seven-volume Lieux de memoire (Places of Memory). (June 8th)

Twenty-five years ago.(Marguerite Yourcenar becomes member of Institut de France. Academie Francaise)(Brief Article) World Literature Today (9/1/2005)
In 1980 the Academie Francaise, after 345 years of male-only membership, finally admitted a woman, Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-87) to its privileged ranks...

The most exclusive club in Paris.(LETTER FROM PARIS)(Academie Francaise; Paris, France) The American Spectator (6/1/2009)
...to us all, but what made his case special was that he was officially an immortel, thanks to membership in the Academie Francaise. Only 40 Frenchmen at a time can be immortels, and since they do depart this life with predictable regularity...

Les Remarques de l'Academie Francaise sur le quinte-Curce de Vaugelas.(Review) The Modern Language Review (1/1/1999)
Anglicisms, Neologisms and Dynamic French. By MICHAEL D. PICONE. (Lingvisticae investigationes: supplementa, Studies in French and General Linguistics, 18) Amsterdam and Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins. 1996. xii + 462 pp. Michael Picone's substantial volume will be welcomed by all those interested in

EX-PRESIDENT'S BID ROILS LOFTY FRENCH 'ACADEMIE'.(News) The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) (12/11/2003)
Byline: Jamey Keaten Associated Press PARIS -- Wars of words are nothing new at the Academie Francaise. After all, it was created nearly 370 years ago to be the ultimate arbiter of the French language. But these days, the tone...