{"id":29525,"date":"2016-10-20T11:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/?p=29525"},"modified":"2017-01-15T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T18:00:30","slug":"first-writing-contest-from-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/first-writing-contest-from-space\/","title":{"rendered":"First Writing Contest from Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Labo des Histoires and the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation proposed to Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), to create the first writing contest from the International Space Station (ISS).<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\u201cThomas Pesquet will proudly carry the humanist values of Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry. May it inspire us for imagining and writing the future!\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Claudie Haigner\u00e9<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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On 12 October 2016, Claudie Haigner\u00e9, chairwoman of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation\u2019s patronage committee and counsellor to the ESA\u2019s president, unveiled the organisation of this unique national writing contest for youth below 25 years old, at the Maison de la Po\u00e9sie (House of Poetry) in Paris. She recalled how her two space missions were punctuated by moments of writing and imagination, in particular the writing of a moving letter to her daughter Clara.<\/p>\n

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On the occasion of the Proxima mission, astronaut Thomas Pesquet, the 10th astronaut from France to head to space, will announce in December 2016 the theme of this contest in a video recorded and transmitted from space. The young candidates will then have until 28 February 2017 to write their texts, while reaching for the stars.<\/p>\n

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Olivier d\u2019Agay, delegate general of the Foundation, spoke about the long tradition that associates the literary work of Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry with space. He thus commented on the picture of The Little Prince<\/em> taken from space by astronaut Philippe Perrin in 2002 and indicated that Thomas Pesquet will take off with the complete literary works of the famous writer-cum-aviator on his first space mission.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am delighted to link the memory of my great-uncle to this meaningful contest that conveys the values driving our activities through the Foundation and that perpetuates the passion for writing, adventure and the discovery of the skies.\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Olivier d\u2019Agay<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The jury of the contest will select the 5 best texts that will be transmitted to Thomas Pesquet. On 6 April 2017, the anniversary of the publication date of The Little Prince in France, Thomas Pesquet will unveil the winner of the contest by reading his favourite text from space.<\/p>\n

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The Cit\u00e9 de l\u2019Espace (Space City) of Toulouse is associated with this project, as well as the Institut Fran\u00e7ais (French Institute), which will give the contest an international dimension.<\/p>\n

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The Jury of the Proxima writing contest: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas Pesquet<\/strong> \u2013 chairman of the jury, ESA astronaut<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois d\u2019Agay<\/strong> \u2013 chairman of the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation<\/p>\n

Charles Autheman<\/strong> \u2013 delegate general of the Labo des Histoires<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Borschberg<\/strong> \u2013 co-founder of Solar Impulse<\/p>\n

Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Clervoy<\/strong> \u2013 ESA astronaut<\/p>\n

Olivier Chaudenson<\/strong> \u2013 director of the Maison de la Po\u00e9sie<\/p>\n

Jean-Baptiste Desbois<\/strong> \u2013 managing director of the Cit\u00e9 de l\u2019Espace of Toulouse<\/p>\n

Camille Dorland<\/strong> \u2013 writing contest winner of the Labo des Histoires<\/p>\n

Timoth\u00e9e de Fombelle<\/strong> \u2013 author<\/p>\n

Claudie Haigner\u00e9<\/strong> \u2013 ESA astronaut<\/p>\n

Marie-Vincente Lat\u00e9co\u00e8re<\/strong> \u2013 chairwoman of the Lat\u00e9co\u00e8re Foundation<\/p>\n

Bertrand Piccard<\/strong> \u2013 co-founder of Solar Impulse<\/p>\n

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Website\u00a0: www.labodeshistoires.com<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Photo credits:<\/h4>\n

01- Astronaut Thomas Pesquet\u00a0\u00a9 ESA\/NASA\u2013Bill Stafford<\/strong>
\n02- Olivier d\u2019Agay and Claudie Haigner\u00e9 on stage<\/strong>
\n03- The Little Prince<\/em> book in weightlessness in the cockpit of the American space shuttle Endeavour \u00a9 Astronaut Philippe Perrin ESA\/NASA<\/strong>
\n04-\u00a0Contest stages<\/strong>
\n05- Composition of the jury<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Labo des Histoires and the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation proposed to Thomas Pesquet, French astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), to create the first writing contest from the International Space Station (ISS).   \u201cThomas Pesquet will proudly carry the humanist values of Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry. May it inspire us for imagining and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29525"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29674,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions\/29674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}