Elisabeth Vonarburg (born August 5, 1947 in Paris, France) is a Canadian science fiction author who writes in French. After extensive education in France, Vonarburg went to live in Quebec in the 1970s, where she became a university lecturer. Her first novel, Le Silence de la Cité (The Silence in the City), appeared in 1981. She is also known for the Tyranaël series. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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