Avec l'affaire Dreyfus, qui éclate en 1894, Voltaire, défenseur de Calas, revient au premier plan. Intellectuel avant l'invention du mot, il ouvre la voie à Zola et à son J'accuse. Le genre de ...

The writer had already changed his surname. "Voltaire" was an invention, drawn from a Latin anagram of his family surname. Voltaire was attributed with some famous last words. Asked by a priest to ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of “Samson,” a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of France’s ...