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Manuscripts and early printed works by Renaissance humanists from libraries throughout France.

Full text of thousands of titles by over a thousand authors. French language works only. A project of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.

Available in French or "modified English," site provides an overview of African women writers writing in French, South of the Sahara. See also a link on the website for (static) bibliography of Women Writers of North Africa.

An annual award given since 1986 for the best work of translation from French into English. A single book is selected in the categories of fiction and non-fiction. You may view a list of past award winning titles on the website.

Extensive list of titles assembled by publisher Black Coat Press. Some titles linked to in-print editions for sale.

This directory, undertaken by Denis Reynaud in spring 2009, now offers nearly 12,000 links to more than 650 periodicals in French seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (excluding the revolutionary press), freely available online . More than half of the collections are complete.

Research on French language worldwide. A very amazing collection of online scholarship in this field.

The IPAF has been awarded annually since 2008, and is run with the support of the Booker Prize Foundation of London. It seeks to encourage recognition of high quality Arabic fiction, reward Arab writers and lead to increased international readership through translation.

A partnership with the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec, this literary center provides short author biographies and bibliographies of each contemporary writer's published works. Site currently lists over 1300 Quebec writers.

Search or browse biographical and critique on writers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Some features are a list of events relating to Maghrebian literature, a list of related sites on the Internet, bibliographies, dissertations, as well as two full-text periodicals: Etudes Littéraires Maghrébines and Littératures Maghrébines et Comparées.

The songs that make up the collection include traditional French Canadian materials, commercial popular songs from Canada, France and the United States, family songs, personal songs, bawdy songs and religious songs. The Pellerin Collection is not a complete or inclusive document of Franco-American and French Canadian song. Rather it is a record of the performance repertoires of particular individuals of French Canadian descent, including Martha's parents Yvonne and Hervé, as well as those of Ir

Created by The Fondation Napoléon (founded in 1987), this site is committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage. There is an online magazine available, as well as very extensive archives of digitized texts and primary source material relating to Napoleon and this entire era of French history.

Links to health information for French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, & Montserrat.

Search by nationality or century for French and Francophone poetry. Part of the site is also devoted to those who wish to post their poetry (which can also be searched).

Includes dictionary, thesaurus, and automatic verb conjugator.

Educational and instructional tools for secondary+ aged student audiences. Gathered and evaluated by the United Kingdom news & media company, Times of London, specifically their Times Educational Supplement (TES). Viewing some resources requires free sign-up.

The original collection was composed of texts from the 12th and 13th centuries. Middle French texts (14th and 15th centuries) have been added to this collection subsequently.

A collection of language learning tools. See also separate su bject pages for Acadian, Belgian, Canadian, & Swiss French, as well as Old French and Québécois subject pages on this site.

The Society makes available a digital library of overseas research, and its archive of regional reports You may also read news about literary prizes, and other information about the society and its activities. Several volumes of the Society's 11-volume Dictionnaire biographique de l'outre-mer are available to view online free at their website.

Research guide to this literature by Mohamed Mekkawi of Howard University (Washington, D.C.).

Maintained by the Department of Languages & Literatures Lehman College, CUNY.

Archives of documents, visual material, and vital records from French overseas colonial empire, from the 17th century onward.

ELAN-Africa’s objective is to promote in the eight sub-Saharan African countries,(Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal) through their Ministries of Education, the teaching at the primary level of both the African languages and the French language.

Extensive list of scholarly web resources compiled NYU subject bibliographer Jennifer Vinopal.

Research on French language worldwide. A very amazing collection of online scholarship in this field.

Visual images of French and other colonial regimes from the collections of Harvard University. You may limit your search to just the "French" nationality and "images of colonialism" as keyword to see just these depictions, or click on this link to view French Colonial Images.

The International Organization of La Francophonie was created in 1970. It organizes political activities and actions of multilateral cooperation that benefit French-speaking populations. Its actions respect cultural and linguistic diversity and serve to promote the French language, peace and sustainable development.