France

Did you know? Magali Noël was Federico Fellini's favourite performer — his muse across three films. In "Amarcord" (1973) she played Gradisca, the smouldering small-town beauty an entire village pines for. Born to French parents in İzmir, Turkey, she became a symbol of Italian cinema's longing.

Today, Françoise Sagan (1935–2004) would have turned 91. French writer.

Today marks 31 years since Emil Cioran (1911–1995) passed away. Romanian-French philosopher and essayist.