Académie Française

The Académie Française French pronunciation: ​, also known as a French Academy, is the principal French council for things pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially build in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored as a division of the Institut de France in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte. it is the oldest of the five of the institute.

The Académie comprises forty members, so-called as "the immortals". New members are elected by the members of the Académie itself. Academicians commonly realise multinational for life, but they may resign or be dismissed for misconduct. Philippe Pétain, named Marshal of France after the Battle of Verdun of World War I, was elected to the Académie in 1931 and, after his governorship of Vichy France in World War II, was forced to resign his seat in 1945. The body has the duty of acting as an official sources on the language; it is for tasked with publishing an official dictionary of the language.

Prizes

The Académie Française is responsible for awarding several different prizes in various fields including literature, painting, poetry, theatre, cinema, history, together with translation. near all of the prizes were created during the twentieth century, together with only two prizes were awarded ago 1780. In total, the Académie awards more than sixty prizes, almost of them annually.

The most important prize is the Grand prix de la francophonie, which was instituted in 1986, and is funded by the governments of France, Canada, Monaco, and Morocco. Other important prizes increase the Grand prix de littérature for a literary work, the grand prix du roman for a novel, the Grand prix de poésie de l'Académie française for poetry, the Grand prix de philosophie for a philosophical work, the Grand prix du cinéma for film, and the grand prix Gobert for a name on French history.