... conversation with Nirodbaran; they had just returned from the Playground after seeing J'accuse , a French film on Emile Zola. The man Mother referred to in the sentence above was Anatole France. The next day, the 13th, two films were shown: Paris plein ciel and Life of Emile Zola .—Nirodbaran, Memorable Contacts with the Mother , 1991, pp. 50-51. ...
... whole work was done.' 1896-1907 Period of cultivation of the vital being and aesthetic consciousness. Comes in contact with leading artists of the period including Rodin and Matisse. Meets Emile Zola. Six of her paintings are exhibited at the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, between 1903-06. Writes a novelette (since lost) depicting a human love that, universalised ...
... first half of the nineteenth century was the era of Alexandre Dumas, of Victor Hugo and Flaubert; the second half was dominated by Guy de Maupassant, Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, Emile Zola, famed for his I accuse letter—to name but a few. They Page 21 enriched the French language so much that it became, in Sri Aurobindo's words, "the greatest store-house of ...
... truth to light. The rift split the nation in an outburst of passion seldom seen before or after; it ran through marriages, families and formerly close friendships, including artists. The novelist Emile Zola became internationally known for his letter published on the front page of a much-read newspaper under the banner ‘J’accuse’ (1898) and his dictum la Vérité est en marche , (Truth is on the move) ...
... knew how false it was. It gave me the exact measure. ( long silence ) These last few days I have had a very strong impression that... I don't know if you remember (were you even born?) when Emile Zola said, "Truth is on the march." You weren't born. He told the court-martial a few home truths and it caused quite a row, and he Page 194 was advised to leave France because he would have ...
... of painting and music, Mirra took occultism too in her easy stride; she made them all serve the cardinal aim of her life, but she didn't lose herself in them. *Years later, commenting on Emile Zola's description of a garden in La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret, the Mother remarked, "I have not read such a description anywhere else: so much wealth of splendour, harmony with Nature. When I went to ...
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