Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Biographies, Beaux-arts (biographies)
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Biography of Dutch-born artist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), who became a major figure in the mid-twentieth-century New York abstract expressionism…
scene. Explores de Kooning's bohemian habits, friendship with Gorky, financial backing from Hirshhorn and Fourcade, only marriage, and passion for painting. Some descriptions of sex. Pulitzer Prize. 2004.
Prix littéraires (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Nourriture et boissons , Philosophie, Sciences et technologies
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According to Boyens, in the first decades of the new millennium, the majority of our food will be the product…
of genetic engineering. She presents the implications of biotechnology, and illustrates the consequences this science may have for the environment, human and animal health, and the global food system. Winner of the National Business Book Award. 1999.